PAT (Progressive Achievement Tests)

Each year our students from Year 1 to 6 engage in online assessments. Our scheduled assessment time here at St Pius X is Term Three Week Eight. During this time, our students will be supported in accessing these assessments online in the areas of Mathematics, Reading and Grammar & Punctuation.

ACER’s Progressive Achievement approach is used in thousands of schools in Australia and around the world. The approach focuses on assessing and monitoring student growth over time and is underpinned by an understanding that students of the same age and in the same year of school can be at very different points in their learning and development.

Why do schools use PAT tests?

• They provide a measure of student achievement in each learning area
• There is a common achievement scale for all tests within a learning area (PAT scale scores allow teachers to compare achievement on the tests within each learning area regardless of year level and the specific test completed and to monitor progress over time)
• They are mapped to the Australian Curriculum
• They provide overall descriptions of the types of skills mastered and those still to be developed based on test performance
• Individual and group reports have automatically calculated scores and sorting functions that allow comparison of scores across students, strands, etc.
• They can be used to inform teaching and learning and to assist in planning effective and targeted learning programs.