CogAT scoresReport reader
Read your child’s CogAT report
Copy the ability profile and the three standard age scores from the report your school sent home. This page says what each one means. It is free, and you do not need an account.
Type the ability profile, the scores, or both, and what they mean shows here.
Score chart
CogAT score chart
The standard age score has an average of 100, and two thirds of children score between 84 and 116. Each stanine covers a range of scores.
| Stanine | Standard age score | Percentile, about | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 128 to 160 | 96 to 99 | very high |
| 8 | 120 to 127 | 89 to 95 | above average |
| 7 | 112 to 119 | 77 to 88 | above average |
| 6 | 104 to 111 | 60 to 75 | average |
| 5 | 96 to 103 | 40 to 57 | average |
| 4 | 88 to 95 | 23 to 38 | average |
| 3 | 80 to 87 | 11 to 21 | below average |
| 2 | 72 to 79 | 4 to 9 | below average |
| 1 | 50 to 71 | 1 to 3 | well below average |
Percentiles here come from the bell curve the score is built on. Your child’s report reads them from Riverside’s own tables, so it can differ by a point or two. The report’s numbers are the ones that count.
What score gets a child into a gifted program?
Each district sets its own cut-off, and many also look at grades, teacher reports or a second test. Some use the composite score; others look at each battery. Ask your school which it uses.
Can our practice tests give a CogAT score?
No. Only the real test, compared with children across the country, can. Our practice tests show which questions your child got right and which kinds of question to work on.
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.