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 typically use ACAT to meet the needs for quantitative assessment data with a national reference group and for locally relevant information to inform decision making about student learning outcomes. ACAT can be used for pre-post assessment to assess the impact of the major on content knowledge and retention across a specific time span. ACAT can be used to assess the effectiveness of vertical integration of content knowledge and disciplinary skills across courses taken to complete a major field of study. 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. You can see the current list of institutions included in our reference groups here.
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