CogAT practicePre-K

CogAT practice for Pre-KTesting for Kindergarten entry: CogAT Level 5/6

There is no Pre-K CogAT. A Pre-K child tested for a Kindergarten gifted program sits the Kindergarten test, Level 5/6, exactly as a Kindergarten child does: picture questions, three choices, read aloud, with no time limit. So the practice here is our Kindergarten practice, the same test your child will meet.

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Sit the Kindergarten test

Each test is new, built when your child starts it, the same as the real Level 5/6 test. A free account includes 3 practice tests; a plan opens unlimited tests and the answers. You will be asked to make a free account.

  • Verbal Battery

    42 questions · no time limit · about 43 minutes

    Reasoning with pictures and words heard aloud: how pairs of pictures go together, which picture answers a spoken question, and which picture belongs in a group.

  • Quantitative Battery

    38 questions · no time limit · about 38 minutes

    Reasoning with amounts: changes in how many things there are, trains that must carry the same number, and patterns of beads on rods.

  • Nonverbal Battery

    38 questions · no time limit · about 31 minutes

    Reasoning with shapes: shape changes in a grid, paper that is folded and cut, and which shape belongs with a group.

Screener

42 questions · no time limit

The short form some districts give every child first: one part from each battery.

Testing at four

What the publisher says

Riverside's CogAT age norms start at 4 years 11 months, and its lowest level is 5/6 for Kindergarten. A child tested much younger than five cannot get a CogAT age score, so most districts that use CogAT test in Kindergarten itself. Check your district's testing window and age rule before you start practicing.

Tips for a four-year-old

  • Start with a 10-question test, not a whole one. Four-year-olds tire fast, and a short good sitting beats a long tearful one.
  • Sit beside your child and keep it light. Do not name the pictures or hint at the answer: the real tester will not.
  • Practice the way of answering first: look at all the choices, then tap one. Many young children tap the first picture they see.
  • Stop when your child has had enough. Come back another day rather than finishing tired.
  • Sit one battery at a time: verbal, quantitative or nonverbal. Riverside advises no more than one battery in a sitting for young children.
Unlock the answers The Kindergarten page

Questions

What parents ask

Is there a separate CogAT for Pre-K?
No. Riverside's levels start at Level 5/6 for Kindergarten. A younger child who is tested sits the same Level 5/6 test.
Will my Pre-K child find it hard?
Probably harder than a Kindergarten child would. The questions are the same; your child is younger. A low practice score at this age says little: what helps is getting used to looking at every choice before tapping.
How long is it?
Level 5/6 has 118 questions in nine parts and no time limit; Riverside's own estimate is about 112 minutes in all, spread over several sittings. Our tests are the same length, and every one has a 10-question short version.

CogAT® is a registered trademark of Riverside Assessments, LLC. Scholar Tests is not affiliated with or endorsed by Riverside Insights or any school district. Our practice questions are written by us in the style of the published CogAT question types; they are not real CogAT questions, and a practice score is not a CogAT score.