@WorryHurry411 - the CoGAT is not an IQ test so you shouldn’t try to compare. I believe the cap for CoGAT is 150, but I could be wrong.
It measures reasoning skills like inference, classification, and deduction skills.
Our district tests using the CoGAT in kindergarten and then again in 2nd grade. After successfully scoring in the top 2% on the CoGAT, kids are given the SOI. If they score high enough on that as well, they are invited to a pull out program in k-2.
Kids have to test again in 2nd grade. If their scores aren’t at a qualifying level, they are not invited back. So if you had a 98% in K and then a 96% in 2nd, you don’t qualify for 3-5 gifted instruction. The gifted instructor said that is the worst conversation to have with parents. Also, if too many kids qualify, they end up just taking the tippy top qualifiers. It means having to tell parents their kid who was identified as gifted in kindergarten is no longer identified as such in 2nd. Not fair and not a conversation I’d like to be a part of on either end.
The kids who score in the top 99th %ile are invited to participate in a full time gifted program within the district from 3-5th grade. They usually end up starting middle school in Algebra or higher.
The kids who score at 98% are invited to do the pull out program from 3-5.
Everyone has the option when choosing classes for 6th grade to accelerate or not (even if they were not in any gifted program). Our choices are Common Core 6th grade, CC 7/8, or CC 8 as 6th graders. They can also choose accelerated science and Language Arts.
They also have the option for kids to push ahead after 6th if they want.
I’d say we have about 70% of the kids follow grade level math standards in middle school, and start Geometry in 9th grade (that is our basic track here). About 25% finish Geometry up in 8th grade and do Algebra 2 as freshmen, and about 5% (15-20 kids a year?) finish Algebra 2 as 8th graders and start high school in Pre-Calculus.