Last Updated on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 5:01 AM
The Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) is the state assessment system for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The components of CATS are the Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT), Writing Portfolio, Alternate Assessment, the ACT, PLAN and the nonacademic component. Schools and districts receive the Kentucky Performance Report (KPR), which provides detailed information and performance results. Electronic files are available containing the data that appears on the KPR.
For improved access, this research data has been moved to an Office of Assessment and Accountability folder on the Kentucky Department of Education FTP site. This folder currently contains a document entitled Index of Files (both Word doc. and PDF) that lists all file types with a brief description of each. A folder entitled School Level File Layouts contains a more detailed description of each file layout. Finally, the files are divided into folders by type. To access this ftp site enter ftp://ketsftp.k12.ky.us/OAA into your Browser and click enter.
Note: none of the files currently on the site is password protected, so if/when a login appears, log in as anonymous and you should have no problems opening or downloading files.