Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test | CCAT |

(CCAT) is a reasoning assessment used to determine a student’s eligibility for admissions into gifted and talented programs

It is a group-administered intelligence test given in Canada to students in grades K-12

The test is given over three separate sessions and takes 90 minutes in total to administer.

Actually CCAT tests the student’s ability to learn and indicates his or her IQ.

It should not be seen as a test of achieved learning or “schooling knowledge

The CCAT covers questions related to three sets of abilities....dnt speak examples

1. Verbal: verbal classification, sentence completion, verbal analogies

2. Quantitative: Number analogies, number puzzles, number series

3. Non-Verbal: figure classification, figure analogies, and figure analysis

So Each of above three batteries measures a different aspect of cognitive ability

Scoring & interpretation

Scores are based only on how many questions are answered correctly.

No negative marking for incorrect answer skipping a question

So The raw score is based on the total number of questions answered correctly out of 50.

Results of the CCAT contain a composite score, ....that is combining the 3 batteries

This score indicates the scope and strength of a student’s overall cognitive ability for learning.

The test provide a ......

standard age score (SAS),....

percentile rank,.....

and stanine for each battery and for the composite score