During the month of October, the School Counselors will visit all 7th grade Social Studies classes to conduct a classroom instruction lesson to help students identify their career interests. Each student uses his or her Naviance account and completes a "Career Cluster Finder" activity. Through this activity, students are able to identify and explore 3 potential career clusters based off of the interests they identify in the activity. As families, you are also able to access your student's Naviance account from home. Please see the flyer below for more information.
2021-2022 7th Grade Testing
All Palmer seventh grade students will be taking the CoGAT test in Fall 2022. According to the test publisher, “The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) measures students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three areas most linked to academic success in school: Verbal, Quantitative and Nonverbal. Although its primary goal is to assess students’ reasoning abilities, CoGAT can also provide predicted achievement scores when administered with The Iowa Tests.
“While CogAT is well-suited to help educators make important student placement decisions, such as selecting students for Gifted and Talented programs, exclusive features such as the Ability Profile Score can be used to expand the educational opportunities of all students.
“Reasoning abilities have substantial correlations with learning and problem solving, both in and out of school. CogAT’s measurement of three different content domains ensures that educators receive a balanced view of the child. Each level of CogAT offers three test batteries:
Verbal
Quantitative
Nonverbal
“CogAT is constructed with overlapping sets of items throughout the series. The overlap of items from level to level provides the user with a continuous, ascending scale of difficulty, which is the foundation of CogAT's superior score scale from Kindergarten through grade 12.”
Information taken from http://www.riverpub.com/products/cogAt/details.html
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7th Grade Parents and Students,
We look forward to working with you this year with 7th grade activities. We will post information here throughout the year. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
“While CogAT is well-suited to help educators make important student placement decisions, such as selecting students for Gifted and Talented programs, exclusive features such as the Ability Profile Score can be used to expand the educational opportunities of all students.
“Reasoning abilities have substantial correlations with learning and problem solving, both in and out of school. CogAT’s measurement of three different content domains ensures that educators receive a balanced view of the child. Each level of CogAT offers three test batteries:
Verbal
Quantitative
Nonverbal
“CogAT is constructed with overlapping sets of items throughout the series. The overlap of items from level to level provides the user with a continuous, ascending scale of difficulty, which is the foundation of CogAT's superior score scale from Kindergarten through grade 12.”
Information taken from http://www.riverpub.com/products/cogAt/details.html
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7th Grade Parents and Students,
We look forward to working with you this year with 7th grade activities. We will post information here throughout the year. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.