41a CAT4 staff presentation for CPD (pdf)

A pdf of a 17 slide PowerPoint that provides main themes surrounding CAT4 assessment tasks.

CAT4 assessments consist of verbal reasoning – thinking with words; quantitative reasoning – thinking with numbers; non-verbal reasoning – thinking with shapes and spatial ability – thinking with shape and space. Many schools use CAT4 to provide ‘predictions’ for GCSE results.

The pdf provides an introduction to CAT4 assessments. The normal distribution curve is outlined and the realtionship with stanines and standard age scores and how they are derived from raw scores. The important visual-spatial dynamic of CAT4 is dealt with in detail. Finally, caution is raised when using assessments to label students and create self-fulfilling narratives.

The PowerPoint is available with important animation which aids understanding and presentation. It can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13070120