ACRE Testing

IFG ACRE Religion Assessment for Grades 5 and 8 (Levels 1 and 2); High School (Level 3)

The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) partners with Catholic Faith Technologies to deliver a stronger online platform for the IFG ACRE Religious Education Assessment, to learn more, please click here

What is the ACRE?

Since the late 1970’s NCEA has offered assessment instruments designed to strengthen catechetical/religious education programs. The ACRE (Assessment of Children/Youth Religious Education) helps schools, parishes and diocesan leaders evaluate the faith knowledge and attitudes of students in Catholic schools. As an integrated assessment tool, ACRE provides faith knowledge questions (cognitive domain) and questions related to religious beliefs, attitudes, practices, and perceptions (affective domain). The NCEA IFG: ACRE 2013 edition is based on the Catholic Church’s expectations for an organic, systematic, and comprehensive education in Christian discipleship. This tool provides national scores for comparison and processes for tracking religious education program data over time.

 

Testing

The Acre Assesment  is a multilevel, age-appropriate tool. The Diocese of Sioux City Catholic Schools will be administer this test in grade 5 (Level 1) ,grade 8 (Level 2)  and  high schools (Level 3) each spring.
 

Reporting

Aggregated reports are provided for all levels of the ACRE assessment. Individual ACRE reports are available for an additional fee. All reporting is now available online. When reports are available, an email will be sent to designated NCEA user accounts. If you’re not sure who has access to your reports, call the CFT help desk at 1-800-707-NCEA (6232) a. For report access instructions, click here.
 Only the Catholic schools office should get the composite report of all the schools. The Catholic schools office can share the overall scores, but not the individual school scores publicly. A

Next steps: Order local ACRE materials, click here. Schools are strongly encouraged to select the on-line for affordability reasons. The Diocese of Sioux City Office  ID code is 2626712. 
Costs: Online Assessment $2.50/student . Paper &Pencil materials $4.00/student; You can email the company at [email protected] any time. You can also call Catholic Faith Technologies directly at: 1-800-707-6232. If questions directed for NCEA, please use the same phone number: 1-800-707-6232. School ACRE Coordinators should set up an NCEA-IFG online account to review all pdfs to administer the ACRE successfully at NCEA – Register New User Account (nceaifg.com)