{"id":3134,"date":"2022-03-10T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T04:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:20:36","slug":"data-reporting-for-schools-using-pat-adaptive-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/2022\/03\/10\/data-reporting-for-schools-using-pat-adaptive-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Data reporting for schools using PAT Adaptive tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In <em>QuickSmart <\/em>research to date, we\nhave used the conventional Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT) developed by\nACER as the independent standardised test to compare the pre- and post- test\nresults of <em>QuickSmart<\/em> students and comparison students. We will continue\nto use these test results for our data analysis throughout 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, ACER introduced the PAT Adaptive\ntest, which provides a useful measure for assessing individual progress in\nReading and Maths. While the adaptive tests use the same achievement scale (scale\nscores) as the conventional PAT tests, they are not designed for the purpose of\ncomparing achievement across a group. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your school has transitioned to using\nonly the PAT Adaptive test, please indicate this in the Comments section when reporting\nand uploading your student results. The data entry page will prompt you to\nidentify the test and version used; select \u201cOther External Test\u201d to enter the\nresults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you still have access to the\nconventional paper-based or online tests (PAT-R or PAT-M), please continue to\nuse these for <em>QuickSmart <\/em>pre- and post- testing and upload the results\nin the usual manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please email <a href=\"mailto:quicksmart@une.edu.au\">quicksmart@une.edu.au<\/a> if you have any\nquestions or comments regarding this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In QuickSmart research to date, we have used the conventional Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT) developed by ACER as the independent standardised test to compare the pre- and post- test results&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/2022\/03\/10\/data-reporting-for-schools-using-pat-adaptive-tests\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6,3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-upload","category-quicksmart-literacy","category-quicksmart-numeracy","category-quicksmart-portal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3135,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134\/revisions\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}