This gifted and talented test preparation book contains a full-length CogAT® Form 7 Grade 2 practice test, which provides gifted and talented CogAT test preparation for second grade students.

This Level 8 (Grade 2) test will prepare your child for the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT®), a test for children that is used for admission to US gifted and talented programs, including the San Diego Unified School District GATE program, Houston Vanguard schools, and Chicago programs for the education of the gifted.

The questions in this CogAT practice test were created by educators who have prepared many children for gifted and talented tests. They cover all three of the test’s sections (nine question types) so you can help your student improve the logical and visual reasoning skills required to excel on the CogAT test. This gifted and talented workbook also includes resources and tips for preparing for the CogAT test, and provides sample questions for each question type.

By using this gifted workbook, your student can get used to the format and content of the CogAT® Grade 2 test so he or she is adequately prepared and feels confident on test day.

This practice test contains all nine question types on the Level 8 CogAT, including:

Verbal (Picture Analogies, Sentence Completion, Picture Classification )

Quantitative (Number Analogies, Number Puzzles, Number Series)

Figurative (Figure Matrices, Paper Folding, Figure Classification)

We suggest you use the practice test as a diagnostic to identify your child’s strengths and weaknesses, or as a ‘mock’ exam to simulate real testing conditions. In the latter case, we recommend that you have your child take the test in timed conditions over the course of a few days, as per the instructions in the book.

What’s Inside this CogAT Test Prep Book for Grade 2?

  • A full-length CogAT Form 7 Level 8 practice test, containing 154 practice questions.
  • Access to bonus online ‘challenge’ questions so you can make sure your child has enough practice with harder questions.
  • Detailed descriptions of questions and answer keys.
  • Essential test prep strategies to help students avoid mistakes and achieve their best score.
  • This is the best value you will find for CoGAT prep!

    Who can use this CogAT® Prep Guide and Practice Test?

    Gifted and Talented Test Preparation for 2nd Grade: The gifted and talented workbook is for 2nd grade students who are taking the CogAT test to gain admission to Grade 3 gifted and talented programs.

    Gifted and Talented Test Preparation for 1st GradeFirst grade students can also use this practice test to develop and hone cognitive skills that will be tested in 2nd grade for admission to third grade gifted and talented programs.

    Why use our Gifted and Talented books?

    Our goal is to provide the best gifted resources and the best value for your money. We created our test prep books because we could not find enough good practice material to build thinking skills and effectively prepare students for gifted and talented tests. As tutors and teachers, we have used various CogAT books and have found that they either have an incorrect difficulty level or are overly expensive. After studying original materials from test creators and testing them on children, we are confident our educational materials and practice tests reflect the real CogAT® both in difficulty and in structure.

    The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT®) is a registered trademark of Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company was not involved in the production of, nor endorses, this product created by Origins Publications and the Gifted and Talented CogAT Test Prep team.