ACER General Ability Test (AGAT)

The ACER General Ability Tests (AGAT) is a test of general intellectual ability, designed to assist teachers in their assessment of students' learning potential and overall aptitude.

Covering Years 2 to 10, the AGAT is a thoroughly researched and nationally normed assessment instrument. Each test includes verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning items, giving a comprehensive picture of students' general ability.

Key features

• Provides a multifaceted estimate of students' general intellectual ability and aptitude using verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning items
• Can be administered in a large group or individually
• Includes test booklets that target specific year levels and cover a wide range of year levels (Years 2 to 10)
• A common scale for all nine tests giving teachers the flexibility to match test level to ability and monitor development over time
• Percentiles and stanines that allow for comparison with a national norm group at different year levels
• Scale scores for different strands (verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning) that allow for identification of relative strengths and development needs
• Up-to-date norms -- collected in September 2007.

Benefits

• Identify students who could be selected for extension programs
• Identify students who may need special diagnostic assessment
• Compare results on AGAT with curriculum based assessment
• Provide information that may be used in setting realistic goals and planning effective programs of work
• Locate areas of weakness and strength for individuals or within a class
• Monitor the development of a range of students' reasoning ability over time
• Provide an indication of learning potential.

The AGAT manual provides detailed instructions for administering and scoring test forms, technical information on the development and research conducted on the tests, a CD with administration instructions in pdf format, score keys and norm tables.

• nine reusable test booklets.
• two answer sheets.