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CCAT

Published on Feb 14, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CCAT

Canadian cognitive abilities test

WHAT
According to the publisher (Nelson):
Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (CCAT) is a reliable group assessment tool that enables schools to determine general levels of students’ cognitive abilities in three areas: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal.

Verbal
- assesses a student’s understanding of the structure of language and relationship between words
- measures the ability to use language for reasoning tasks

Quantitative
- measures the student’s abilities for reasoning and problem solving using numbers and mathematical concepts

Nonverbal
- contain diagrams and pictures
- assesses a student’s ability to reason and problem solve independent of language

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Let's take the test

- students would have to make sure that they fill in the bubbles completely
- takes about 1 period just to complete the prepwork prior to the test (writing their name and filling in the bubbles)
- students are allowed paper to complete any rough work

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Who

almost all students in Peel take the test in Grade 4
any individual student at any time can take the test
there is a testing booklet for all grades (K-12)

- entire test is scripted and easy to follow
- practice questions are done prior to every section of the test and students know how long they have to complete the test
- absolutely no modifications

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Who can be exempt

all students in contained Special Education programs (except enhanced learning classes)
all students identified as Exceptional
All students in Stage 1 or 2 of Second Language Acquisitions (how does that translate to steps)

- Exceptional Physical
- Exceptional Intellectual - MID
- Exceptional Intellectual - DD
- all communication Exceptionalities (LI, LD, ASD, deaf and hard of hearing)

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Where

Classroom
Resource Room

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When

November (ish) for all grade 4 students in Peel
When deemed necessary at ISRC to gather more information on a student
Only one test battery per day
Should be administered in the order specified

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WHY

Identify at-risk and gifted students
Make decisions for grouping students based on scholastic aptitude
Plan instructional emphases
Identify strengths on which to build success
Identify areas where student may be underperforming

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scoring the results

if done as a whole class, scantron sheets are sent to central location and results are returned sometime in early spring

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hand Score

overhead transparencies are your friend
place master transparency over student answer sheet to determine correct answers - Raw Score
using scoring section of Norms Booklet to convert Raw Scores

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raw Scores can be converted to

Universal Standard Score
Standard Age Score
Grade %tile
Age %tile
Stanine -

Raw Score - score attained by the student on particular sub-test
Universal Standard Score - allows comparisons of raw scores from different sub-tests
Standard Age Score - based on norms, represents the typical standard score a "normally" functioning student would achieve on a particular sub-test
Percentile - e.g., a percentile of 24 indicates that the students score exceeds 24 percent of the population on which the test was normalized
Stanine - 9 point scale used for normalized tests, 1-3 is below average, 4-6 average, 7-9 is above average

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