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All TY students will be completing CAT aptitude assessments in the ICT rooms, These are similar as the the entrance tests from 6th class to first year but normed for TY/5th yr. The CAT 4 is a standardised cognitive test. It provides insights into children’s’ ability to reason across 4 fields: verbal, non-verbal, mathematical and spatial reasoning.
Website: Test Link
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You can start the test once you are directed to.
What does CAT4 do?
Provides a rounded profile of pupil ability so you can target support, provide the right level of challenge and make informed decisions about pupils’ progress. It provides a unique profile of strengths and weaknesses across four batteries:
Verbal Reasoning – the ability to express ideas and reason through words is essential to subjects with a high language content, and the most obvious skill picked up by traditional assessment.
Non-verbal Reasoning – problem-solving using pictures and diagrams; skills which are important in a wide range of school subjects, including maths and science-based subjects.
Spatial Reasoning – the capacity to think and draw conclusions in three dimensions, needed for many STEM subjects, but not easily measured by other datasets.
Quantitative Reasoning – the ability to use numerical skills to solve problems, applicable well beyond mathematics.
Why use CAT4?
It’s statistically reliable. CAT4 was standardised on 25,000 pupils and it’s verified every year based on analysis from a quarter of a million pupils.
Thank you for sitting the assessments today.