Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment What's the top scaled score on the SCAT?

Ah I get it. Thanks for the clarification! So it's only looking at the charts ie comparing DC to OTHER gifted kids which took the test the previous year, where DC lands might change from year to year depending on the cohort for that year. Now it's coming back to me lol.

The SCAT scores have been a surprise for us, too. My DS hates math, claims he's not good at it, but both years his math scores outshone his verbal scores. Last spring, he got award levels in both, but his math was up there. Go figure... I think we're done with the SCAT, although I like how easy it is to get it done. He heard about the STB at the awards ceremony though and asked if he could take that one. He actually WANTS to take that one. So we'll go for it when he's old enough.

Kcab, I've seen several people mention that the scores were "up on-line already." Our son took the SCAT this week... where "on-line" do we find the scores?

This is his first SCAT... so we do not have a CTY login yet -- it that what I am missing?

I got our CTY login in the mail previous to getting scores in the mail. I think it took about a week after taking the test to get the login info.

Thanks for the info.

I guess I'm waiting patiently for either the MyCTY login info or the scoring report -- whichever comes first.

btw, I think the top score on the math SCAT the year my DS took it and at his level was 50/50. Not sure about the verbal. Also, I'm glad this thread was started. I never bothered to really look at the info they sent with the scores (I just wanted him to qualify for courses) and all this time I thought the scores showed the percentile compared to national norms for typical kids two grades up, not percentile compared to other CTY talent search kids. Guess I never really thought about it. Although now that I know, I'm not sure it changes anything.

I thought so, too!

So, "xx percentile compared to Grade 5" means that the score was compared to the scores of 5th graders who participated in the CTY talent search in the past? Not the typical 5th graders?
I'm sorry, I'm still little confused..... My DS whose math score was 50/50 certainly didn't get his abilities from me!

I think it's compared to CTY third graders who all took the same 5th grade test. But what do I know, lol?

My understanding is that the percentiles DO compare the student to the norming sample of regular kids, two-years ahead of the student, and NOT to the talent search participants of the same grade. This raises the interesting question of when the test was last normed. I suspect that this may be part of the cause for the excessively high percentiles. At least in math, many subjects are now covered (at least superficially at an earlier grade level).

Also, while they don't have percentiles comparing the student to the other CTY talent search participants of the same grade level, you could sort of figure it out from the charts. This wouldn't be completely accurate, however, because the charts are for the CTY talent search participants from a PREVIOUS year. Still, it would give you a general idea of where they would fall.

And please, everyone, correct me if I'm wrong about this stuff.

Ah! I see! It makes sense now. Thanks.