CAT4 is the most widely used diagnostic assessment of developed ability and likely academic potential in the UK, and is used in many leading international schools across the globe.
CAT4 has now been standardised against the Indian CBSE curriculum, to provide indicators of likely outcomes at Grade X and XII.
CAT4 measures students’ ability to reason with different types of material, allowing schools to assess the way that a student thinks and how they will learn best. This enables personalised teaching and learning and supports feedback and target-setting for future attainment.
The CAT4: CBSE edition enables schools following the Indian curriculum to gain valuable insights into student potential, with a range of information including indicators of each student’s likely outcomes in future CBSE examinations. These comparisons and indicators are based on standardisation data from more than 12,000 students who have taken the CAT4 tests and who follow the CBSE curriculum.
CAT4 identifies students’ strengths, weaknesses and thinking preferences, providing accurate and reliable information for teaching and learning. Results also help schools to identify gifted and talented students and those who may be under-achieving, as well as those who may have unrecognised special educational needs. Reports provide teachers with recommendations for teaching and learning, based on each individual student’s results.
CAT4: CBSE edition provides schools with indicators for a student’s likely outcomes in future examinations. Indicators for likely performance are available for key subjects at Grade X and Grade XII including English Communicative, Hindi, Mathematics and Science. These indicators can be used by schools to set realistic, but challenging, target grades for students and help to set a reliable benchmark against which future progress can be measured.
CAT4 provides a unique profile of students’ strengths and weaknesses across four areas (or batteries): Verbal, Non- Verbal, Quantitative and Spatial Reasoning. As the test is not based on any curriculum or dependent on prior learning, it offers a fair assessment of ability regardless of a student’s prior schooling. Three of the four batteries are not reliant on knowledge of the English language, so the test is ideal for assessing EAL students.
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CAT4 assesses the ability to reason with and manipulate different types of material. It comprises four batteries of tests that assess the main types of mental processing that play a substantial role in human thought. Together, these four batteries provide schools with a comprehensive understanding of the core abilities related to learning by assessing a student’s capabilities when dealing with each type of processing.
CAT4 reveals the true potential of students, flagging where hidden factors may be affecting performance. A range of easy-to-follow individual and group reports provide a more complete picture than curriculum tests can provide by themselves. They’re benchmarked and include CBSE indicators.
CAT4 can be taken at any point in the academic year. And because the data is robust it supports feedback and planning discussions with leaders, students and parents. CAT4 is available for children aged 6 – 17+ years. Each comprises three tests of 45 minutes each, 2 hours 15 minutes in total.
CAT4 has multiple levels available to choose from. The levels are aimed at different age groups and the test content of each level is developed in an overlapping format of progression difficulty.
Detailed instant reports include comprehensive graphs and supporting narratives that enable teachers to put the information to use immediately. Three individual reports include tailored explanations of the student profile and its implications for the student, their parents and teachers. Summary reports for the whole school or group support detailed analysis by a range of parameters.