The ten levels of CogAT span kindergarten through grade 12. All levels have three batteries: Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal. Each battery includes three distinct subtests relevant to its domain. The use of three different subtest formats in each battery increases both the fairness and the validity of scores.
All of the test questions are designed to show how well students use reasoning skills they have developed to solve problems they have not been directly taught.
For Levels 5/6, 7, and 8 (kindergarten through grade 2), with the exception of the optional Sentence Completion subtest, questions are entirely pictorial. No reading is required of students in any subtest.
The tables in the links below show examples of the nine different formats implemented at Levels 5/6–8 (column 1) and at Levels 9–17/18 (column 2). Exceptions to the formats are noted within the table.