Grade 12 K

Track your students’ abilities and improve your teaching

ICAS is an historic Grade 12 K academic competition that challenges and motivates students. But for teachers, it provides a goldmine of insights that validate your students’ strengths and weaknesses, and what you might do to address them.

The ICAS Grade 12 K assessments are created by a team of experienced psychometricians, teachers, and education measurement experts. They use the nation’s curriculum as a guide when creating the questions for Australia, New Zealand and other countries that participate in the competition.

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What the ICAS Grade 12 K test will tell you about your students

How your students’ performance compares against their peers

How your students’ skill level compares to their expected year level grade

Your students’ strengths and weaknesses for each subject and sub-skill

Which students may need a little extra support, or extra work

Whether you may need to create new gifted and talented classes or support classes

How your students’ performance is trending from year to year

English

Assess school students’ English language skills and literacy with the ICAS English exam

Vocabulary
Comprehension
Structure
Syntax
Voice

Assess school students’ numeracy skills with ICAS Mathematics

Number & Arithmetic
Algebra & Patterns
Measures & Units
Space & Geometry
Chance & Data

Assess students’ scientific thinking with the ICAS Science exam

Observing & Measuring
Interpreting
Predicting & Concluding
Investigating
Reasoning & Problem Solving

Assess school students’ narrative and persuasive writing skills with the ICAS Writing exam

Genre
Textual Grammar
Syntax / Punctuation

English

As the world’s global language and arguably one of the most important subjects of the Australian curriculum, English is a crucial building block for academic success.

ICAS English assessments are designed to provide an objective ranking of students’ performance based on the English curricula for the relevant year. Skills such as everyday literacy, critical and creative thinking, and clear communication not only help you do well in the humanities — they also underpin every other area of your academic, social and professional life.

Vocabulary
Comprehension
Structure
Syntax
Voice

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Mathematics

As the foundation of STEM and a fundamental part of human thought and logic, Mathematics is a crucial building block for academic success.

In recognition of the subject’s educational importance, ICAS Mathematics assessments are designed to provide an objective ranking of students’ performance based on the curricula for the relevant year. Maths skills such as logical reasoning, problem solving and critical thinking not only help students perform well in STEM subjects — they also underpin key areas of our daily lives as consumers of money and media.

Number & Arithmetic
Algebra & Patterns
Measures & Units
Space & Geometry
Chance & Data

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Science

In a world full of wicked problems like pandemics, climate change and food security, science is more important and more exciting than ever before.

In recognition of the subject’s educational importance, ICAS Science assessments are designed to provide an objective ranking of students’ performance based on the curricula for the relevant year. Science skills such as experimentation, empirical observation, logical reasoning, scientific analysis and critical thinking not only help you do well in STEM subjects — they are critical components of humankind’s most successful system for pursuing knowledge: the scientific method.

Observing & Measuring
Interpreting
Predicting & Concluding
Investigating
Reasoning & Problem Solving

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Writing

As our primary means of communication in academic, social and professional life, writing is one of the most fundamental skills to practise and master.

In recognition of the subject’s educational and practical importance, ICAS Writing assessments are designed to provide an objective ranking of students’ performance based on the curricula for the relevant year. Writing skills such as thoughtful planning, creativity and critical and reflective thinking are not only the keys to success in English — they are critical to communicating your ideas clearly and effectively in all subjects and areas of life.

Genre
Textual Grammar
Syntax / Punctuation

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