Year 7 CATS

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Bromley
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Year 7 CATS

Post by Bromley »

My DD has just come home with her Autumn term Y7 CAT scores.

They look pretty good to me but the truth is I have nothing to compare them to.

They are as follows, and any help in putting them into perspective very welcome:

Verbal Stanine 8
Quantitative Stanine 8
Non-verbal Stanine 8
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zorro
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Post by zorro »

Pardon my ignorance but what are CAT scores ?
Do children get them at Independent schools or are they like SAT's ?
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Post by Guest55 »

Zorro - some Private schools do them - they are supposed to predict GCSE grades.
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Post by Bewildered »

Also, many secondary state schools do them early in yr7, for the same reason and also to evaluate children's academic levels.
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Post by Bromley »

These were done in a state grammar school.
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Post by Guest55 »

Did my link help?
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Post by Bromley »

guest55: my apologies - yes - it was very helpful and very heartening.

Thank you for posting it for me :)
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Post by zorro »

Don't think my DS's school do them as they have just completed "internal exams".
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Post by Guest55 »

Zorro - you have to pay for the tests so many schools don't do them.

Opinion is divided on their usefulness!
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