Scholastic Assessment Test

Orange County Report Card In California, about 4.5 million public school students in grades 2 through 11 took tests last spring tied to the state's academic standards in English/language arts, math, science and history/social science. For the first time, students also took the California Achievement Test/Sixth Edition, known as the CAT/6. That compared students against a national sample in reading, language skills, math, spelling and science.

L.A. County and Inland Empire Report Card In California, about 4.5 million public school students in grades 2 through 11 took tests last spring tied to the state's academic standards in English/language arts, math, science and history/social science. For the first time, students also took the California Achievement Test/Sixth Edition, known as the CAT/6. That compared students against a national sample in reading, language skills, math, spelling and science.

Students' standardized test scores in English and math rose at most California public schools this year, but 925 campuses serving low-income students still received a federal scolding because their gains weren't big enough for at least the second year in a row, according to data released Friday.