About the 4th-5th SCAT
4th and 5th grade students take the Intermediate SCAT Test, an above-grade-level-test, in order to gain admissions to the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) program. The SCAT scores of 4th graders are compared to a general 6th grade level and the scores of 5th graders are compared to a general 8th grade level.
Test Format & Content
The CTY SCAT Test assesses quantitative and verbal reasoning abilities. 4th and 5th graders take the Intermediate SCAT, which has questions designed for 6th-9th grade students. The test includes two sections, comprised of 55 multiple choice questions* each. Students have 22 minutes to complete each section, with a 10 minute break in between, for a total of 54 minutes.
*Five of the questions in each section are experimental and it is unknown which are the experimental questions.
The verbal section of the SCAT Test assesses the student’s understanding of word definitions and consists of verbal reasoning analogy questions.
The SCAT Test quantitative section assesses how well the student is able to work with numbers and consists of multiple-choice mathematical comparisons, displaying two quantities, of which the students needs to determine which of the two is greater.
SCAT Practice Test for 4th & 5th Grade
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