CAT4 practiceReport reader
Read your child’s CAT4 report
Copy the four Standard Age Scores from the report your school shared. This page says what each one means, and what the verbal-spatial profile says about how your child learns. It is free, and you do not need an account.
Type the scores from the report, and what they mean shows here.
Score chart
CAT4 score chart
The Standard Age Score compares a child with children of the same age. The average is 100, and two thirds of children score between 85 and 115. Each stanine covers a range of scores.
| Stanine | Standard Age Score | Percentile, about | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 127 to 140 | 96 to 99 | very high |
| 8 | 119 to 126 | 90 to 96 | above average |
| 7 | 112 to 118 | 79 to 88 | above average |
| 6 | 104 to 111 | 61 to 77 | average |
| 5 | 97 to 103 | 42 to 58 | average |
| 4 | 89 to 96 | 23 to 39 | average |
| 3 | 82 to 88 | 12 to 21 | below average |
| 2 | 74 to 81 | 4 to 10 | below average |
| 1 | 60 to 73 | 1 to 4 | well below average |
The stanine bands are GL Assessment’s. The percentiles here come from the bell curve the score is built on. Your child’s report reads them from GL’s own tables, so it can differ by a point or two. The report’s numbers are the ones that count.
Verbal-spatial profile
The seven profiles
The profile compares the Verbal and Spatial scores. It shows whether a child leans towards words or towards shapes and space, and by how much. It says nothing about how able a child is.
| Profile | Gap between the two scores, our estimate | Children out of 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Extreme verbal bias | Verbal 28 or more points higher | 2 |
| Moderate verbal bias | Verbal 21 to 27 points higher | 4 |
| Mild verbal bias | Verbal 13 to 20 points higher | 11 |
| No bias | Within 12 points of each other | 66 |
| Mild spatial bias | Spatial 13 to 20 points higher | 11 |
| Moderate spatial bias | Spatial 21 to 27 points higher | 4 |
| Extreme spatial bias | Spatial 28 or more points higher | 2 |
The seven profiles and how many children have each are GL Assessment’s. GL does not publish where one profile ends and the next begins, so the point gaps are ours: we chose them so that about as many children fall in each profile as GL reports.
What does the school do with CAT4 results?
There is no pass mark. Schools use the scores and the profile to plan how to teach each child, and some use them for setting or entry. Ask your school how it uses them.
Can our practice papers give a CAT4 score?
No. Only GL Assessment’s scoring, which compares a child with a large national sample, gives a Standard Age Score, and only schools receive the report. Our practice papers show how many questions your child answered correctly and which kinds of question to work on.
CAT4 is a registered trademark of GL Assessment Limited, a Renaissance company. Scholar Tests is not affiliated with or endorsed by GL Assessment, Renaissance or any school. Our practice questions are written by us in the style of CAT4's published question types; they are not real CAT4 questions, and a practice score is not a CAT4 score.