ICAS testing this year.

What is ICAS?

"The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools, or ICAS for short, is an independent, skills-based assessment program. ICAs recognises and rewards student achievement in areas such as English, maths, science, spelling, writing and digital technologies. The series of tests are designed to match and test skills that are learned in the school classroom.

These tests are updated annually to ensure that they accurately measure levels of understanding and capabilities in different subject areas. The tests are reviewed by experienced teachers to ensure that accurate assessment of students’ skills and relevance to classroom topics.

Students in over 20 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States participate in ICAS each year. Each test is sat at the student’s school and is invigilated by teachers under normal examination conditions."

Breens is offering ICAS testing agin this year for those students who would like to measure their ability in a standardised testing format. Tests are administered during school time and all tests are online. This year the ICAS testing will be held During the months of August to September.

A letter to enter into these assessments has been emailed home by classroom teachers.  A copy of this letter is attached to this article also.

The website for more information is https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/products/icas-assessments/ 

ngā mihi,

Nathan