DATE:
Thursday, October 12, 2023
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
Rebecca Smith, Consultant, Gifted & Talented
SUBJECT:
CogAT Sample Parent Notification Letter and Parental Exclusion Form
The 6th grade CogAT testing window opens Monday, October 30 and closes Friday, December 1. In preparation for testing, school administrators may wish to communicate with parents about CogAT testing. To facilitate this, a sample parent notification letter in both English and Spanish has been attached with this memo. School administrators are welcome to use the sample letter as it is written or add additional information as they see fit. It is recommended that school administrators send the parent notification letter via Skylert to 6th grade parents rather than sending the note home with students.
If parents express a desire to exclude their student from CogAT testing, the parental exclusion form on the main page of Evaluation, Research & Accountability’s website may be used. That parental exclusion form may be found here.
Questions regarding the 6th grade CogAT may be referred to Kassidy Towery in Evaluation, Research & Accountability or Rebecca Smith and Taryn Cox in Gifted & Talented.
