11 Plus Exams Forum

Posted: **Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:43 pm**

Hi
Have just received CATS test results (set by GL assessment) and the scores were 9 for Verbal. 8 for quantitative and 8 for Non Verbal. These are standardised scores. We (!) are due to take the 12+ in November - are we on track? Can anyone interpret these? Parent evening is after the test, but school not keen on helping with Grammar prep.
Thanks

Posted: **Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:26 am**

These seem to be stanine scores they have given you for the Cats rather than actual standardised scores. To have abeen given a 9 means that the standardised score lay between 127 and 140 and puts your child in the top 3% of the population in terms of ability. The 8's show a standardised score lying somewhere between 118 and 127 and therefore in the top 10% of the population roughly. I was at a parents' evening at Kendrick school last year which is a "superselective" and the headmistress said that most of their pupils lay in the 8's with a minority in the 9s. It sounds like your child did very well.

Best wishes

CN

Posted: **Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:36 am**

Many thanks CN - that makes much more sense!