Using ACER’s general ability assessment at your school

Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023

ACER’s General Ability Test (AGAT) is a popular assessment among schools wanting to gain a richer understanding of their students’ reasoning skills to inform their teaching, class groupings and identifying students in need of support or extension.

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Linking the PAT Teaching Resources Centre to the new Australian Curriculum: English

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Jude Alexander, Research Fellow at ACER, deconstructed Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum: English and explained its alignment with the Reading teaching activities in the PAT Teaching Resources Centre.

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Spotlight on the Helpdesk team at ACER

Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023

Kimmy Bach and Jenny Nguyen discuss working at ACER, their advice for educators and what they’ve learned so far.  

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Grouping and identifying your students using assessment data

Wednesday, 29 Mar 2023

Key takeaways from our recent webinar on how to use PAT data to group your students, as well as how to support the next steps in their learning.

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Preparing for PAT in 2023

Monday, 13 Feb 2023

Tips and resources to prepare your school to run PAT assessments smoothly and to get the most out of your data.

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