The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is a group-administered K–12 assessment published by Riverside Insights and intended to estimate students' learned reasoning and problem solving abilities through a battery of verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal test items.
[1] The CogAT is one of several tests used in the United States to help teachers or other school staff make student placement decisions for gifted education programs, and is accepted for admission to Intertel, a high IQ society for those who score at or above the 99th percentile on a test of intelligence.
[6] Each level of the CogAT includes test batteries with verbal, quantitative, or nonverbal items.
[7] The tests were created by GL Education [8] to assess cognitive abilities and predict the future performance of a student.
The CAT4 tests are levelled by age / year group and are also used by many schools as part of their admissions process.