The California Achievement Test (CAT) is one of the most widely used of the student assessments for basic academic skills. The CAT provides educators, students and their parents with a measure of achievement and national comparison in reading, language, spelling, and mathematics.
Meeting most state and umbrella school requirements for annual testing, the California Achievement Test offered by Academic Excellence provides insight into students' scholastic progress by scoring grade equivalency, percentile ranking, and stanine. Click here for an explanation of the scores.
Benefits of utilizing Academic Excellence online achievement testing include:
◦ Reliable and up-to-date results based on biannual norming
◦ Freedom to test according to your schedule
◦ No bachelor’s degree required for test administration
◦ Flexibility to divide tests into multiple sessions, as needed
◦ Our tests do not expire
◦ Stress free testing with complete proctoring by the online system
◦ Immediate scores and results
◦ 24/7 access to tests and results
◦ Printable results
◦ Device friendly; access using desktop, laptop, and/or tablet with no scrolling necessary to take the test
◦ Professionally developed and produced with the permission of the original publisher
◦ Widely recognized and accepted by state and local educational agencies
Certificate of Completion: As an added value to our customers, Academic Excellence is pleased to provide a free, printable certificate of achievement to all students who complete an AE California Achievement Test. You can view a sample of the certificate here.
Premium Scoring: Receive additional scoring, such as composite scores, along with charts and graphs for easier analysis of test results. Click here to view a sample premium scoring report.
Practice Test: We understand that parents may have some reservations prior to the first time their students take an online test. As an option, we offer an additional practice CAT in order to acclimate students to the online testing process. This test is approximate 25% the length of the actual test, and provides only a count of the correctly answered questions. If this option fits your need, please select it above.
Recommendation Service: Academic Excellence's independent recommendation service is for home educators who would like to receive customized curriculum recommendations based upon the achievement test results. Academic Excellence is not affiliated with any curriculum publisher and provides objective, experienced feedback on curriculum. The Academic Excellence staff have been involved in home education since 1987 and have extensive experience with curriculum providers and the spectrum of homeschooling philosophies.
The resource recommendations from Academic Excellence are strategically selected to strengthen and improve competency and mastery in academic areas presented in standardized testing. These key selected resources make excellent "tutoring aides" and addenda to any curriculum. Our goal in developing the Academic Excellence recommendation service is to provide parents with user friendly, economical resources that strengthen students' academic achievement and testing skills; focus tutoring and teaching efforts; and facilitate preparation for and success in ACT, SAT, and college testing. All recommendations are based upon the student's test scores and our staff's extensive experience with home education. Each of the primary recommendations are provided in correlation to individual students' scores to questions and sections of standardized tests. Secondary resources are often challenging, educational games or less formal learning practices. Each recommendation is measured by ease of use by parents; levels of response, enjoyment, and success by students; and affordability. By targeting and addressing students' deficit areas with easy to use and economical tutorial resources, test scores, grades, and confidence elevate and improve. Recommendations in students' areas of proficiency keep students engaged, challenged, and progressing in all subject areas. We have found this to be an easy, economical way to ensure academic excellence and success.
Ordering Instructions:
◦ Student First Name - Enter the first name of the student to be tested in the space provided.
◦ Student Last Name - Enter the last name of the student to be tested in the space provided.
◦ Grade Level - If you are testing in the middle of school year, select the student's current grade level. If you are testing at the end of school year or between school years, select the next grade level for the student; not the student's past grade level.
◦ Premium Scoring - Now standard on all full tests at no extra charge.
◦ Add Practice CAT - Select if you would like to receive a practice online achievement test for your student.
◦ Recommendation Service - Indicate if you want Curriculum Recommendation Service.
◦ Add to Cart - Enter information for one student only, then select the Add to Cart button.
Once you have placed your California Achievement Test purchase with Academic Excellence, you will receive both an order confirmation and an email containing the user name and password to log into the Academic Excellence education portal. Please allow up to twenty minutes to receive this email and check your spam folder if you do not receive the email.
If you wish to purchase testing services for another student, or wish to make other purchases, select the Continue Shopping link after viewing your shopping cart.
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I love the CAT test because it is cheap & easy to administer. I have been using it from here for years. This year I accidentally ordered the wrong test and customer service was prompt in correcting my error without any fuss.
I will most definitely purchase from them again. Unknown on 7th Jul 2024
We have been using the digital timed test for evaluating students coming into our school. We use it for grades 3-12 incoming students. The results give us a great overview when combined with report card grades. I love the speed with which we can get the results. I will say, it is difficult for incoming 3rd graders to maneuver the mouse for the digital test. This is not a problem with the test, just fine motor skill of the student. Jeanna Feliciano on 2nd Jul 2024
This test was a great solution to help my son with his application for high school. Great price, easy to do. Erin Jackson Larkin on 1st Jul 2024
Our school recommended Academic Excellence for our annual assessments. The format is super user friendly, especially for the students. My kids have taken state testing in public school. They all agree these tests are straight forward, and easy to understand. Usually state testing is daunting and dreaded, but my kids have no qualms taking these tests Unknown on 4th Jun 2024
I appreciate that the online CAT is user friendly and that the test results are almost instantaneous.
Also, when our Internet went out for a minute, the customer service person was fantastic about resetting that particular section. Unknown on 15th May 2024
I am very thankful to have found Academic Excellence !! As a homeschooling momma I appreciate the convenience and flexibility this site offers. I am very pleased ! Amanda-Nicole on 29th Feb 2024
We had a very successful testing with low stress. The online test moves quickly if the student prefers to complete the test in one day Darcy on 28th Feb 2024
I'm in my last year of homeschooling, and I am so thankful that the CAT test was an option for me (not having a bachelor's degree) to give to our children throughout their homeschooling experience. It was great to choose the paper test in their elementary grades. Later we upgraded to online testing and then timed online testing in their middle and high school years. Thank you for providing this test option! LEVS on 22nd Oct 2023
We have used the CAT test from Academic Excellence for years. It is so quick and easy, especially when you have 5 students testing together. It can be time consuming, overwhelming, and expensive. It shows where there strengths and weaknesses are and how they stand in the national average. Amanda on 24th Aug 2023
I’ve been using CAT for the last 4 years and it works great for our family. The timed version is helpful to give kids the chance to practice monitoring their pace and focus in an exam environment but definitely gives enough time for completion (even for the slower areas). So east and fast to use - would highly recommend. The expectations for grade level are very basic but it’s helpful to know how the kids are learning in relation to their peers. Lauren on 28th Jul 2023