ICAS, a comprehensive educational assessment program, allows you to find your child’s academic
strengths and weaknesses in the areas of English, Mathematics, Science and Digital Technologies.
ICAS is brought to you by UNSW Global, a not-for-profit provider of education, assessment and
expertise services, wholly owned by The University of New South Wales—one of Australia’s leading
research and teaching universities. ICAS is distributed in the Indian Subcontinent by Macmillan
Education in partnership with UNSW Global.
Assessment frameworks for each subject of ICAS take into account the skill requirements of curricula
internationally. This allows ICAS to operate independently of any given curriculum while remaining
relevant to what is taught in classrooms. ICAS reports give you deep insight into your child’s true
capabilities—assessing the higher order thinking and problem-solving skills needed for success.
ICAS participation can improve curriculum performance through remediation after diagnostic
assessment.
ICAS is conducted in 20+ countries with almost 9 million students participating in it. The reports
show your child’s comparative performance nationally and globally.
How ICAS is different?
ICAS does not assess how well students remember
the content they have been taught; it assesses the higher
order thinking and problem-solving skills
needed for success in:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science and
- Digital Technologies
ICAS is developed annually by a team of highly
experienced assessment experts and psychometricians,
with rigorous reviews at each stage of construction.
Subject matter experts develop new questions each
year, drawing on their in-depth understanding of the way
students learn.
Why ICAS is being used by Schools Globally?
Educators in over 20 countries are tapping into
ICAS to enhance student and school performance.
They are using their ICAS data to:
- Track individual and cohort progress as they
move through school, and compare them to regional
performance
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Motivate students with this information
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Identify student and cohort strengths and weaknesses
in specific skill areas, which can drive better targeting of
teaching
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Reflect on aspects of each student’s capability
and gain independent, external validation of
internal assessment
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Identify students who complete school-based
assessments well, but appear to find exam
scenarios challenging
- Enhance curriculum content
- Identify professional development needs.