Grade 9 H

Discover your students’ strengths and weaknesses

ICAS is a gold-standard Grade 9 H competition that can help you understand your students’ strengths and learning needs across core curriculum subjects.


It’s primarily run to recognise and reward academic achievements; however, the extensive results data helps to paint a vivid picture of each student’s learning progress, allowing you to hone your classes and meet their unique needs.


The Grade 9 H assessments are designed by psychometricians, education measurement experts and experienced teachers who use the curriculum as a guide.

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How the ICAS Grade 9 H test can help you to understand your students’ performance

Discover their strengths and weaknesses, clearly marked on their results.

See whether their skill level is on par for their grade.

Discover which way their performance is trending based on last year’s results.

Be better placed to know whether you need to recommend extra classes for the gifted and talented.

See clear student comparisons against their classmates, the school, and the nation.

Discover which students may need a little extra support (or extra work!)

Subjects

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

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

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

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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Prepare for Grade 9 H ICAS with past papers

To help prepare your students for Grade 9 H ICAS, you can test them with real former questions and answers from previous competitions, all contained with our past papers.