GL Assessment
Progress Tests
Click on the image above or here to begin your test. (You’ll be provided with your unique login code in class).
Further details can be found on the GL Assessment website here
Cognitive Abilities Test – Version 4 (CAT4)
CAT4 is a widely used test of reasoning abilities for children in secondary school.
It is an assessment of developed abilities in areas known to make a difference to learning and achievement – namely verbal, non-verbal, quantitative and spatial reasoning – and it provides an objective perspective on potential student achievement.
Importantly, CAT4 also provides indicators for national tests and examinations, which will be particularly useful given the absence of national data of late.
Please watch this short video explaining the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT4) batteries it will help you understand why we are using this tool in Rawlins
The reports generated from the CAT4 test provide a learning bias profile, again another clear short video can be seen below, but in short we can use these tests to identify pupils and students who have a bias towards verbal or spatial learning, which may be impacting them in some subjects. Students with very high verbal bias may excel in written and discussion tasks in English or history, but struggle in STEM subjects, and likewise a pupil with a high spatial bias may learn best through diagrams, but struggle in verbally-based subjects. Those students falling in the balanced profile may be very low or very high, but they will benefit from all types of teaching support.
The Standard Age Score (SAS) is the most important piece of information derived from standardised assessments. The SAS is based on the pupil’s raw score, which has been adjusted for age and placed on a scale that makes a comparison with a nationally representative sample of pupils of the same age across the UK. The average score range is between 89 and 111, any scores lower than 89 are below average and scores higher than 111 are above average. We are in the process of placing CAT4 SAS scores on your child’s Go4School profile for reference – these can be found under “View Full Profile” at the top of the G4S page.
Further details can be found on the GL Assessment website here
EXACT Tests
GL Assessments Online EXACT tests, are screeners for Exam Access Arrangements.
These online screeners, highlight the exam access support needs of pupils/students, to ensure they are flagged for external assessments. EXACT tests are only a screener and they do not directly result in Exam access arrangements, but they do help to flag if pupils/students are masking or demonstrating the need for the chool to apply for official JCQ Access Arrangements.
Further details can be found on the GL Assessment website here
