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Gifted & Talented

Qualify for gifted. The verbal advantage starts here.

CogAT and OLSAT measure verbal reasoning -- the skill that predicts everything from gifted placement to career success. LexiMap builds it 10 minutes a day.

  • CogAT
  • Grades K-8
  • No-card check-up
  • Foundational research suggests vocabulary is the #1 predictor of career success.

    Source: Johnson O'Connor, 20-year longitudinal study

  • Only 1 in 3 eighth graders reads at grade level — the worst reading scores on record.

    Source: NAEP 2024

  • Designed specifically to train five core verbal skill domains — vocabulary, relational reasoning, contextual inference, test execution, and metacognition — not just word lists.

    Source: LexiMap verbal-skills framework

A tutor sees your child once a week. CogAT verbal work rewards the child who practices vocabulary and word parts every day in between. LexiMap owns that daily drill — and shows you it's working. Pair it with timed passage practice for complete CogAT verbal prep.

Why LexiMap for CogAT

P1 · The Vocabulary Investment

Qualify for gifted. The verbal advantage starts here.

CogAT and OLSAT measure verbal reasoning -- the skill that predicts everything from gifted placement to career success. LexiMap builds it 10 minutes a day.

Immediate milestone

  • Gifted program qualification
P2 · The Urgency to Start Now

The gifted test window is short. Verbal reasoning takes time to build.

CogAT verbal skills develop through sustained practice, not last-minute cramming. The earlier you start, the stronger your child's reasoning at test time.

Immediate milestone

  • Build reasoning before the screening window
P3 · The Confidence You Can See

See exactly which verbal reasoning skills are developing before the CogAT.

LexiMap's dashboard shows growth in classification, analogies, and vocabulary breadth -- the exact skills CogAT measures. You don't hope they're ready. You see it.

Immediate milestone

  • Visible readiness for gifted screening
P4 · The Method Behind the Quests

18 game modes that build the verbal reasoning CogAT measures -- not drill sheets.

CogAT verbal requires classification, analogy, and vocabulary breadth. LexiMap's word-part quests build all three through varied practice, not rote drill sheets.

Immediate milestone

  • Reasoning skill development for CogAT

How LexiMap aligns to Cognitive Abilities Test

LexiMap builds the verbal reasoning skills CogAT measures — analogical thinking, vocabulary depth, and classification — through daily quests, not test tricks.

LexiMap focus areas

  • Verbal Analogies
  • Sentence Completion
  • Verbal Classification

On test day: The real test is given at school on a school device.

Practice modes used in CogAT prep

  • Synonym practice
  • Analogy reasoning
  • Word-part recognition
  • Derived-word meaning
  • Word-part decoding

Real parent experiences

What parents say about LexiMap verbal practice

Real experiences with LexiMap diagnostics, vocabulary practice, and progress visibility.

The diagnostic gave us a clear starting point, and the weekly tests showed what my daughter was actually retaining. The dashboard made it easy to see where she was improving and where she still needed help.

Kristy M

Parent of a seventh-grade ISEE student

Instead of memorizing random word lists, my son learned how words are built from roots, prefixes, and suffixes. The words kept coming back over time, so they actually started to stick.

David K

Parent of a seventh-grade SSAT student

My daughter kept up with the quests on her own between tutoring sessions. Her tutor could see the weak areas and spend more time on mistakes, harder questions, and test strategy instead of checking workbook pages.

Lisa A

parent of a fifth-grade ISEE student

Built for CogAT, OLSAT, and SHSAT verbal reasoning

  • CogAT
  • OLSAT
  • SHSAT
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