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Title 1/SIC Attendance Meeting (English & Spanish)
CogAt/IOWA Testing for 2nd Grade
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) will be administered on October 7-October 10 The CogAT assessment is a nationally standardized aptitude test which provides an estimate of the likelihood of a student’s success in certain academic areas. The CogAT assessment is an untimed test, but should take approximately one and a half hours per day to administer.
The Iowa assessment will be administered on October 19-20. The Iowa assessment is a nationally standardized test which measures students’ performance in reading and mathematics. The Iowa assessment is an untimed test, but should take approximately one hour per day to administer.
TESTING TIPS:
Students and parents can work together to make sure students are well-prepared by following these suggestions:
Students should:
- Rest on the nights before these tests.
- Eat a nourishing breakfast on the morning of each test.
- Be in school and on time, except in cases of illness.
- Listen attentively to the teacher’s directions so they will know exactly what to do.
- Read each test question and each response carefully before marking an answer choice.
- Stay calm if there are questions that seem difficult.
- Mark their best answers.
- Refrain from bringing any electronic device that can be used for communicating, timing, or imaging into the testing location.
