# CUBA test **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 20, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuba-test/610175 "2012-01-20T22:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuba-test/610175/1 "2012-01-20T22:20:46Z")
My eighth grade son just too at test the school calls CUBA. I can find nothing about it on the web , and just wonder what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuba-test/610175/2 "2012-01-20T22:30:15Z")
Are you sure that is the real name? It is a pretty terrible name for a school test and I have never heard of it. What state or country are you in? Is it public school? Have you noticed your son beginning to have a weird fascination with old cars, baseball, and communist philosophy? It isn’t on the Wikipedia list of standardized tests: > **[List of standardized tests in the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_standardized_tests_in_the_United_States)** > > A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The following are such tests as administered across the United States. > Ability/ Achievement tests are used to evaluate a student's or worker's understanding, comprehension, knowledge and/or capability in a particular area. They are used in academics, professions and many other areas. > A general distinction is usually made between tests of ability/ aptitude (intelligence tests) versus tests of achievement (academic prof... ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuba-test/610175/3 "2012-01-20T22:35:11Z")
The long version is that the teacher emailed me to “your son getting 14 out of 15 on the CUBA test.” My wife is sure it is a standardized test, dealing with science and not a history text on that island to our south. We live in eastern pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuba-test/610175/4 "2012-01-20T23:02:28Z")
I’ve found some web references to Quarterly Benchmark Assessment tests (QBA, in other words) although I couldn’t find that term used on the Pennsylvania Dept of Education website. Perhaps that’s what the teacher meant? ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuba-test/610175/5 "2012-01-21T00:47:16Z")
SCUBA test, maybe? Is your son all wet?