Parent Guide to CAT Results - CAT 4 - Fourth Edition - How to interpret child’s results

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Parent Guide to CAT Results explains what Canadian Achievement Tests (CAT), Fourth Edition involve and how to use the results to understand children’s reading, writing, conventions, and mathematics achievement. It provides guidance for supporting learning at home and in school, including strategies to improve core skills. The guide also describes the CAT purpose, test experience, report structure, and how to interpret achievement ranges such as exceeds, meets, and does not meet expectations for the grade.

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How to interpret your child’s results

Ideas for supporting your child’s learning

Strategies for improving Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

The CTC Guide to Children’s Reading

CAT assesses your child’s achievement in Reading, Writing and Mathematics

CAT is All-Canadian

CAT Assesses Students’ Essential Learning

The CAT Experience

How to interpret Your Child’s results

How to Read the Parent Report

Strengths and Needs

Parent Guide to CAT Results CAT• 4 Canadian Achievement Tests Fourth Edition pArenT guide How to interpret your child’s results ..........................................................4 Ideas for supporting your child’s learning .................................................7 Strategies for improving Reading, Writing, and Mathematics .................8 The CTC Guide to Children’s Reading .................................................... 14 This Parent Guide explains what is involved for students who take the Canadian Achievement Tests (CAT) and how parents can make the most of the information that CAT provides about their children’s achievement. There is much more in this guide, though, making it a very handy resource for parents. It includes some great tips on how to support children’s learning at home and at school, ideas for helping children progress in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, and The CTC Guide to Children’s Reading that recommends some excellent books for students of all ages. Published by CTC/Canadian Test Centre, 80 Citizen Court, Markham, Ontario. Copyright © 2011. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Page 􀀳 CAT assesses your child’s achievement in Reading, Writing and Mathematics Students, parents and teachers work together to help students do their best. CAT is All-Canadian CAT provides useful assessment information fora variety of purposes to Canadian school districts, schools, teachers, parents and students. It is built to meet the highest standards oftest design and is the only major Canadian-owned and Canadian-designed national achievement test. CAT is closely aligned to the Canadian curriculum, and uses Canadian content and language. The tests in CAT have been field tested with Canadian students, and have involved the input of Canadian teachers at every stage of development. CAT Assesses Students’ Essential Learning Reading, writing, and mathematics—the keys to school success—are the foundation of 21st century competencies and are critical to the success of students throughout their lives. In all contexts of work and leisure, 21st century learners must be able to clearly and effectively communicate ideas and information, and confidently put math to use. CAT provides a useful snapshot of this core learning, by assessing students’ key skills in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, presenting the results in a clear and useful format, and helping users to interpret the results. The CAT Experience • Students’ physical condition—Parents are informed about the upcoming tests so they can send their children to school well-rested. Students who are ill should not take the tests. Students take the tests at a time of day considered by their teachers to be optimal. Sessions are usually around 60 minutes in length, and shorter for younger students. The conditions in the classroom are made as comfortable as possible, and significant breaks are taken between sessions. • Attitude—Students’ attitude is a big factor for success at school. Attitude is each student’s responsibility, but teachers, family, and friends have a major influence through their support, respect, advice and role-modelling. Parents’ daily encouragement helps children feel hopeful and positive about school, willing to give everything their best shot, and proud of their accomplishments. • How important the tests seem—Students work better on jobs they consider to be important, but may be hampered by stress if the job seems to be extremely important. Teachers help students find the right balance by presenting an appropriate context for the tests and helping students approach them with confidence. Thanks to modern assessment practises, most students appreciate that all activities in the classroom have value,

FAQs

What are the Canadian Achievement Tests (CAT) and what does this parent guide cover?

The guide explains what students experience when taking CAT and how parents can use the information from CAT results to understand children’s achievement in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. It also includes ideas and strategies to support learning at home and school.

How are CAT results presented in the Parent Report?

CAT generates a Parent Report showing children’s achievement in Reading, Writing Conventions, and Mathematics. The report is divided into two parts to give different views of achievement, supporting interpretation of learning.

What do the achievement ranges in the report mean?

Students’ skills fall into one of three ranges for each skill: exceeds expectations for the grade, meets expectations for the grade, or does not meet expectations for the grade. It is normal for a student to score in different ranges across different skills.

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