The Kentucky Core Content Test is a series of state tests designed to measure how well students are learning required material in reading, math, science, social studies and writing. Results are shown as the percentage of students, broken down by subgroup, who scored novice, apprentice, proficient or distinguished.

These tests are being rewritten as part of the new accountability system rolling out in 2011-2012: Unbridled Learning for All.

In the meantime, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, the Kentucky Association of School Councils, and the Council for Better Education have developed a way to calculate a single score for each school in the state. Their formula is as similar to the old CATS score as possible, but these new index scores cannot be compared with previous years because the General Assembly did away with writing portfolios and tests in arts & humanities and practical living & vocational studies.

In order to gauge annual growth or decline, the three groups have recalculated past years’ test results with the new formula, allowing our community to see trends for the past few years. Like the old CATS scores, these numbers range from 0 to 140, with a score of 100 or above representing that a school has reached proficiency. 

2011

• Five-year comparison
• Percent proficient and distinguished

2010

• Transition index
• Percent proficient and distinguished

2009 

• Transition index
• Three-year comparison
• Percent proficient and distinguished

Archives 

In past years, the KCCT results were included in the calculation of school and district scores on CATS, the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System.

• 2007-08 results: Elementary | Middle | High
• 2006-07 results (all levels)