CAT looks at the achievement of students in Jefferson County's middle schools.
The team, made up of community volunteers, parents, members of the Prichard Committee, and business leaders, meets with officials of the Jefferson County Public Schools to review academic data and ask questions about the success of middle school students. For more information on CAT, read this message from the fall of 1999 about what CAT is doing and how you can get involved. Read policy briefs from the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. This issue focuses on ability grouping. CAT members went into five Jefferson County Middle Schools and interviewed principals, teachers, parents, and students.