Creating CogAT test events and assigning tests

A CogAT test event allows you to manage multiple testing sessions. Test events make it easier to organise and manage testing for numerous groups of students within a period of time.

This article provides information on the following steps:

• Creating a test event
• Assigning tests
• Print student test tickets
• Recommended CogAT levels by student year level

Video

CogAT publisher Riverside Insights has created the following video to demonstrate the process:

Opening the test event and making test assignments

Creating a test event

1. Navigate to Assessments > Test Events > Create a New Test Event.
2. Enter details as necessary, ensuring to select the relevant roster. Most options are prefilled, so you do not necessarily need to adjust these.
   • Participant list
   • Roster
   • Date (note that test event is open 30 days before and after nominated date)
   • For the score options, Select All for both (achievement and ability) will give you the greatest flexibility when generating reports.
3. Click Save once completed.

Recommendation

If you are testing students across multiple year levels within the same time period, it is recommended that you still create only ONE test event.

You will specify the different year levels in the next step (Assigning tests).

Assigning tests

1. Click Assessments > Test Assignments.
2. Click Create/Edit Test Assignment.
3. Select your required test event
4. In the Test Group column, select the CogAT form (e.g. complete, screening, post-screening)
   There is no need to change the pre-filled Level and Battery fields.
5. Click Save once completed.

Recommendation

Assign all batteries and sub-tests at this stage. If you are spreading out the testing across multiple days/sessions, you can still control which tests are completed, and when, by Opening/Closing test sessions as required.

Print student test tickets

Students will need the ID on their test tickets, and the session code (created at a later point), to log into the student testing site.

1. Click Assessments > Test Assignments.
2. Click Create/Edit Test Assignment.
3. Click Test tickets in the Actions column.
4. Print the page(s) of test tickets.
5. Cut up the test tickets and distribute them to the students at the beginning of the testing session.

Note

If you do not see the Test Tickets link in your Actions box, please advise ACER Customer Support. We will likely need to update your account so it is assigned to the School/Building level, instead of the District location.

Recommended CogAT levels by student year level

These will automatically be selected for you when assigning the test, and it is not recommended that you change these without a good reason.