Customer Reviews

Practice Test for the Cognitive Abilities Test CogAT® Multilevel Edition (Form 6)

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

My son tried the tests in this book to prepare for the CogAT at school. He said the test at school was exactly the same. The book is just a sample test from each of the sections of the CogAT to give the kids a feel for what to expect. If you are looking a study book, it won't help, because there is not enough work here to drill with; but if you just want to relax your child so he knows what to expect, this will do it.

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UPDATE: I've been told the CogAT test format has been changed. My daughter will be taking the test this year, so we'll see how it goes.

I purchased this to help prepare my son for Gifted testing in the 2nd grade. We went through the tests together; I read the directions and explained it in kids language and then explained the first problem, and then he went from there on his own. He came home after the testing and thanked me because he said the real test was just the same and he felt a lot less stress then the other kids in the test did because he knew what to expect and could concentrate on the task instead of trying to understand the point of each section while sitting in the exam.

Bottom line is that thanks to this book, I feel that it is much more likely that my son's scores will reflect his true abilities (whatever they may be!) vs. what the scores would be if we didn't use this book.

An especially valuable part of the book was the section on suggestions/strategies on how to approach standardized testing and this type of testing in specific - starting on page 1.

For those negative comments from others about being disappointed in this book, I offer that the object of this book is probably not what you were looking for. The book itself states that: "The object of this pracice test is to familiarize your child with the types of questions they will face on test day, how the tests are formatted, the symbols used and the number of questions in each test area." In meeting those objects, I gave the book 5 stars.

My son needed some practice in learning how to best take these kinds of tests. Even though this wasn't the exact test he took, it was helpful for him to use this book to learn test taking skills. It gave him the boost he needed to get a really good score. It was totally worth it.

This book was not what I was expecting. It is one full test. There are no examples or explanations. A few test taking tips and the test with answers. It is very short. My son was able to take all of the exams in less than an hour. We found one question(page 20 #14) that had two acceptable answers. It did help, but it is worth maybe $10. There are only 190 questions.

The book itself is surprising small when it arrives. Once I opened and reviewed it, however, I realized that sometimes good things do indeed come in small packages. The content is superb, and exactly as advertised--a realistic practice test that will help my child to become more comfortable with standarized test taking and the CogAT format.

It is helpful to know that when she sits down for the real test this month her first reaction will be "I've seen this before... no worries, let's get to it!"

This book is well worth the money. As a former teacher and now parent I wish I had this preparation book to share with my students. It will help familiarize your child with standardized testing questions and form.

My son came home from taking the exam and said the practice test was just like the exam he took that day. He went into the exam with confidence knowing what to expect. Great resource! I would highly recommend. Joyce

We received my son's results today. He scored in the 99th percentiles in quantitative and verbal and the 97th percentile in non-verbal - and I have the practice test materials in this book to thank. Not only did he feel confidence going into the test, but he also felt that the test was easier than the practice materials. This is an outstanding resource that should be used by everyone taking the CogAT exam!!

This book is a good starting point to prepare for the Cogat tests. It gives an idea of what to expect. However, the number of practice questions are not sufficient enough, parents would have to create more questions using the framework provided.

This is a very nice book with lots of examples for differnt types of questions. It helped my kid to know what to expect for various sorts of problems.