In a press release issued by Prometric, the testing agency has notified that in view of the growing concern of candidates regarding their evaluation and CAT scores, it has released the process and development of scoring of CAT 2009. The process in detail can be viewed online here. It is also available online and as a pdf on the CAT website: catiim.in

Soumitra Roy, Managing director, Prometric-India said,”We have reviewed the test scoring and we are completely confident that the results are appropriately distributed across the population, and that the test performed well within international standards. We are absolutely confident that the scores and rankings are accurate.”

The press release also mentioned that Prometric will answer candidate queries through its candidate care center.

The press note in total reads as below:

“As you know, last weekend, the IIMs released scores from the 2009 CAT. Prometric is very pleased with the performance of the exam and with the scoring process. The 2009 CAT results allow the IIMs to accurately differentiate between the highest performing candidates and those who ranked below them, in order to identify the most qualified candidates for interviews and subsequent graduate school admission . Prometric is pleased to assist the IIMs in applying internationally accepted industry standards to the CAT . These standards are equivalent to those used in admissions tests, worldwide. And we are very pleased with the result.

We have received a number of inquiries from the media and are aware that many students , as they are every year, are concerned about the scores they received and their performance on the 2009 CAT.

We understand how important the CAT is to a large population of highly qualified aspiring graduate students in India. Unfortunately , not every student who sit s for the CAT exam will achieve scores and rankings that will yield a call from a business school of his choosing. Many of the remaining students will be disappointed with their performance.

As with any test, scores will be distributed across the population. Some students will be pleased with their performance, and many students will not. We empathize with these candidates but we feel it is important to reaffirm that the results accurately reflect the performance of each candidate that took the test.

We have reviewed the test scoring and we are completely confident that the results are appropriately distributed across the population, and that the test performed well within international standards, said Soumitra Roy, of Prometric India. We are absolutely confident that the scores and rankings are accurate.

In the interest of transparency we have published information about the development and scoring of the test; that information is available at www.prometric.com/IIM-CAT/CAT_DEV.htm .

We are also happy to address candidate concerns through our candidate care center and will continue to address questions from the media as we receive them.”