CEM
(Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring)
The
11+ tests used by secondary schools to help decide which pupils to select are
often written by either Granada Learning (GL) or CEM (Centre for Evaluation and
Monitoring). The CEM papers tend to be a mixture of the above subjects and are
partially multiple choice and partially written answers. The CEM test is very
time pressured and this is accentuated by subdividing the paper into timed
sections.
The
numerical reasoning sections will concentrate on the core topics in the
National Curriculum, but often it is seen that the problems/concepts are beyond
their years. The areas tested might include percentages, ratio or algebra that
might not be taught until year 6 or beyond. Therefore, it is essential your
child has been shown how to solve more complex multi-step word problems.