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We use GL Assessment’s Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) to build a broader  \npicture of where that potential may lie.  \n”   \nStacey Knight, Basic Skills Manager at King Ethelbert Secondary School in Kent  \nGL Assessment – An Introduction  \nFor over 30 years, GL Assessment has provided rigorous and high-quality assessments for children’s education, mental health and wellbeing. Today we lead literacy, numeracy and ability testing in UK schools and our resources are used in over 100 countries worldwide.  \nOriginally founded by the National Foundation for Educational Research ( NFER), with whom we continue to work today, our tests are used by over 3 million pupils in the UK every year and we have delivered over 4 million online tests to date.  \nTo ensure our assessments incorporate the very latest thinking and research, we have worked together with numerous distinguished organisations in the UK and abroad, including King’s College London, the University of Cambridge and the Australian Council for Educational Research.  \nAssessment is central to understanding each child’s potential and making informed decisions and in this brochure we take a special look at the brand new edition of our popular Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), seeking to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the test from administration through to the delivery of a brand new suite of reports.  \nI N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E C O G N I T I V E A B I L I T I E S T E S T : F O U RT H E D I T I O N ( C AT 4 )  \nIntroduction to the Cognitive Abilities Test:  \nFourth Edition ( CAT4)  \nCAT4 is the fourth edition of  \nGL Assessment’s well established Cognitive Abilities Test, the UK’s most widely used test of reasoning abilities. 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