Gifted (C.A.T.S.)

Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) gifted identification process ensures fairness and equity. CUSD currently administers the state-approved, Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) form 7. The Cognitive Abilities Test is used exclusively for the self-contained program because of the multiple measures that it offers. Having multiple measures in each domain greatly increases the dependability of the score profile that is reported for each student. Additionally, the reasoning abilities it measures have substantial correlations with learning and problem solving in an academic setting.

The CogAT is administered in a group setting.  Each level of CogAT offers three test batteries. Each battery is represented by three different reasoning tasks, which are:

• Verbal: Verbal Classification - Sentence Completion - Verbal Analogies
• Quantitative: Quantitative Relations – Number Series – Equation Building
• Nonverbal: Figure Classification – Figure Analogies – Figure Analysis

 For more information please visit the Gifted Testing information page.