In case-control studies, the cumulative logistic regression model is used popularly for inferring the relationship of ordinal response and risk factors. For the ordinal response, this paper summarizes the parameter estimation and goodness-of-fit of the cumulative logistic regression model in the prospective and retrospective studies, respectively. In order to test the goodness-of-fit of the retrospective cumulative logistic regression model, this paper divides the categories of response into two categories and then applies the method of Cheng and Chen (2004) to propose a score type goodness-of-fit test statistic. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed test performs well even in finite samples.