Test identification
| Name of test | Young Children’s Achievement Test – Second Edition |
| Version | Second Edition |
| Subjects | Literacy, Maths |
| Summary | Designed to identify young children at risk for school failure. It yields an overall Early Achievement score and individual subtest scores for General Information, Mathematics, Reading, Writing, and Spoken Language. The subtests can be administered independently of each other. All can be transformed to standard scores, percentiles, and age equivalents (US norms). |
Assessment screening
| Subscales | General Information, Mathematics, Reading, Writing, and Spoken Language |
| Authors | Wayne P. Hresko, Pamela K. Peak, Shelley R. Herron, Deanna L. Hicks |
| Publisher | Pro-Ed |
| Test source | https://www.proedinc.com/Products/14735/young-childrens-achievement-test--second-edition-ycat2.aspx |
| Guidelines available? | Yes |
| Norm-referenced scores. | Yes |
| Age range | 4–7;11 years |
| Key Stage(s) applicable to | EY, KS1 |
| UK standardisation sample | No |
| Publication date | 2018 |
| Re-norming date | N/a |
Eligibility
| Note whether shortlisted, and reasons why not if relevant | No UK standardisation available |