Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS)

Students take the Kentucky Core Content Test on seven different subjects. Those subjects are writing, reading, mathematics, social studies, arts & humanities, and practical living/ vocational studies. This is a series of state tests designed to measure how well students are learning the material required. The Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) is a mixture of multiple choice and essay questions. Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) is evaluated by on a continuum from novice, apprentice, proficient, through distinguished.

The Assistance will include:

Chapter 3: Method Section

• Research question clarification
• Develop testable hypotheses
• Select appropriate statistical tests
• Sample size determination
• Power analysis

Chapter 4: Results Section

• Collect, Enter, Code, and Clean Data
• Statistical analysis
• Write Results
• Explain Statistics
• Dissertation Editing
• Use of SPSS, SAS, LISREL, AMOS, package