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What does the name ACAT stand for?

  • ACAT stands for Area Concentration Achievement Test. ACAT is a registered trademark of PACAT Inc.

How are ACATs used?

  • ACAT assesses content knowledge and retention by students at the completion of their major field of study. Departments use ACAT for quantitative assessment data with a multi-year multi-institutional reference group and locally relevant information to inform decision making about student learning outcomes.

  • ACAT can be used to measure changes in content knowledge across multiple years using the optional pre-post testing program.

  • ACAT is used primarily by public and private Baccalaureate degree granting higher education institutions, some graduating fewer than 5 majors a year and others graduating several hundred. A limited group of Associate’s degree programs also use ACAT to assess how well their students are meeting their learning goals.

  • You can see the current list of institutions included in our reference groups here.


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