[Ohiogift] CogAT, Forms 6 and 7 Question

[Edward A. Hawks III]

Hi, all:

 

I need some assistance understanding something, please. . . 

 

On the January, 2011 Gifted Education Factsheet #001, it states that a
CogAT, Form 6, SAS of 127, for K-2, identifies a student as superior
cognitive. The March, 2012 revised Factsheet #001 changes that cutoff to an
SAS of 128 for K-2 students. Why would the cutoff have changed from 2011 to
2012? Since the CogAT is a normed assessment, I'm trying to understand the
change. I also noticed that this occurred when the ODE accepted the new
CogAT, Form 7, as an approved instrument; it has an SAS cutoff of 127 for
K-2, while Form 6 has a 128. How could the norms have changed when applied
to the same assessment (i.e., Form 6)?

 

Thank you for your help,

 

Chip

 

Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.

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Gifted Intervention Specialist | Exceptional Student Education

Kent City School District

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What he seemed, he was-a wholly human gentleman, the 

essential elements of whose positive character were two and 

only two, simplicity and spirituality. 

(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. Lee)

 

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