What does the name ACAT stand for? 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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