- An easy-to-administer, paper-and-pencil admissions/advising test
- Immediate on-site scoring
- Approval for use by Ability-to-Benefit (ATB) students
- A cost-effective assessment
- Quick, 60-minute testing
- Reliable measures of basic math, reading, and language usage skills
- Seven demographic items and 10 local interest questions to create a comprehensive "student needs snapshot"
- Normed and validated scores
- ACT's commitment to provide consultation services
- Optional Student Guide to CPAt booklets
CPAt offers:
- A program to help schools meet accreditation requirements
- Reports to help schools retain students and lower their default rates
- Profiles of students' abilities to determine who needs remedial help to be able to succeed and graduate
- Two different test forms for retesting or exit testing
- A way to improve customer service by accurately assessing students
- Entrance score information to help determine meaningful admissions and program cutoff scores
- Support from ACT, a longstanding leader in testing, research, and education-related services
- An annual summary report (for an additional charge) that provides information about students in specific programs as well as national data for comparative analyses.