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Every Rhode Island Catholic School is accredited by the New England Association for Schools and Colleges. Students earn well-above average scores on standardized tests, 98% of our students graduate from high school, and 95% go on to college. Small school and class size, together with caring, committed teachers, strong parent involvement, and supportive school leaders provide a school climate that promotes energetic, enthusiastic and disciplined students who take pride in their school and their achievements.
 
CAT - TerraNova Test


The TerraNova is a test designed to measure achievement in the basic skills taught in schools throughout the nation. The subject areas measured are Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Word Analysis, Vocabulary, Language Mechanics Mathematics Computation, and Spelling. 

The TerraNova Test is a norm-referenced, standardized achievement test. Norm-referenced means that each child's achievement in a broad area, such as language or mathematics, can be compared with other students' achievement in about the same grades. Achievement means just that--the test provides a "snapshot" of how much learning the student has achieved so far. The test measures the basic content and skills that are most common to curricula throughout the country.  It cannot possibly measure, nor should it attempt to measure, the full curriculum of a particular classroom or school. 
 

InView Cognitive Test
 

InView provides an assessment of cognitive abilities that includes verbal reasoning, sequences, analogies, and quantitative reasoning. This test yields a Cognitive Skills Index (CSI) and when given along with TerraNova, The Second Edition, provides the anticipated achievement scores.

 
National Catholic Education Association - ACRE Test

The NCEA ACRE is a tool to assist school and parish catechetical leaders providing a sound comprehensive religion program.

NCEA ACRE gives bishops, pastors, administrators, teacher/catechists, parents, and students a picture of the basic faith knowledge and religious perceptions of students at various levels of age and stage of development. With these data, faith education leaders and participants can explore areas of strength as well as areas that need additional attention. Using such an assessment annually allows leaders to identify the trajectory of their faith education efforts and track improvements as goals and strategies are changed or refined.