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Our freely available CAT4 resources and premium CAT4 practice tests help focus students on passing the GL Assessment CAT4 test:
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Mosaic’s free CAT4 skills resources
- CAT4 verbal reasoning test practice
- Practice Quantitative reasoning CAT4 skills
- CAT4 non-verbal reasoning test practice
- Practice CAT 4 spatial reasoning skills
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Feel free to contact our Founder, Rob Williams, who is a specialist CAT4 test designer.
An Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Rob Williams is a Chartered Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working and designing tests.
He is also the author of five psychometrics books and has worked for the school entrance test publishers ISEB, Hodder and GL Assessment, the CAT4 publisher.
When is the CAT4 Used?
CAT4 assessments are typically used in the following scenarios:
- Academic Group Placement: The results help schools place students in appropriate academic groups. These are often considered alongside traditional assessment results to ensure accurate placement. Many schools administer CAT4 tests after Key Stage 1 (KS1) and Key Stage 2 (KS2) to assess a child’s potential and guide their learning journey.
- School Entry Exams: Some schools use CAT4 as part of their entry process. Achieving the required level in the test allows the student to register at the school.
What is the Purpose of CAT4 Assessments?
Unlike traditional assessments, which evaluate what a student has learned or is currently learning, CAT4 focuses on the student’s underlying cognitive abilities. It measures skills that influence learning and academic performance, such as verbal, non-verbal, quantitative, and spatial reasoning.
The CAT4 does not assess acquired knowledge but instead offers a snapshot of the student’s potential. Its results provide reliable predictions of future academic performance, including GCSE achievements, making it a valuable tool for long-term educational planning.
Sample questions by CAT4 question type
These are listed here for all eight CAT4 sub-tests:
- Verbal Reasoning Skills are assessed by the CAT4 Verbal Analogies section and CAT4 Verbal Classification sub-test. This includes CAT 4 practice Verbal Analogies sample questions and CAT4 Verbal Classification specific prep.
- Quantitative Reasoning Skills are assessed by the CAT4 Number Analogies and by the Number Series CAT4 test sample. Our specialist CAT4 prep includes CAT4 practice Number Analogies questions and CAT4 Number Series prep.
- Non-Verbal Reasoning Skills are assessed by the CAT4 Figure Recognition section and by the CAT4 Figure Analysis sub-test. Our CAT4 explanations include CAT 4 Figure Analysis practice questions and CAT4 Figure Recognition sample questions.
- Spatial Reasoning Skills are assessed by the CAT4 Figure Classification sub-test and by the CAT4 Figure Matrices section. This includes CAT4 Figure Matrices practice questions and Figure Classification targeted CAT 4 prep.
Use the CAT4 content links above to each CAT4 module, or subtest, to learn more about those types of CAT4 question. Then you can practice different variations of this type of CAT4 reasoning skill. Let’s assume that in your first practice CAT4 test, you score below average in one of the two Non-verbal reasoning CAT4 modules.
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Then focus on the CAT4 prep samples and specific CAT4 practice for CAT4 non-verbal reasoning. Do this, before you take your second CAT 4 practice test. Approaching your CAT4 prep in this way will, over time, ensure that you are fully prepared on your CAT4 assessment day. The idea is to avoid being surprised by any of the CAT4 question types.
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