Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site houxu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!houxu!rs2 From: rs2@houxu.UUCP (R.SWITZER) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: California Achievement Tests Message-ID: <639@houxu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 10:01:52 EDT Article-I.D.: houxu.639 Posted: Fri Jul 5 10:01:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jul-85 10:08:07 EDT References: <27819@lanl.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel NJ Lines: 18 <> Greetings, I have a daughter who just finished kindergarten and near the end of the year took the CAT's. Now these tests are administered over a 1 week period of time and are supposedly used by the staff to determine the "intelligence" of the child for proper placement in later years. What was sent home on the last day was a small sheet of results containing all sorts of numbers and leaving my wife and I quite confused as to how to interpret the information. Does anyone have any information or pointers to information about these tests? As a digression I have noticed that all of the surounding school systems use different tests. I am wondering if this isn't intentional so as to prevent the casual parent from comparing different school systems. Ah, well, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bob Switzer houxu!rs2