Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT)

administration: 
Group
timing: 
45min (timed)
publisher: 
ACER Press
Country of origin: 
Australia
registration-level: 
A
age: 
Years 6-9
test-abbreviation: 
MYAT
test-abbreviation: 
MYAT
registration-level: 
A
age: 
Years 6-9
Country of origin: 
Australia
administration: 
Group
timing: 
45min (timed)

The MYAT is designed as a test of general ability, covering numeracy, literacy, and nonverbal ability. It comprises 75 multiple-choice items:

  • Numeracy — 25 items which provide information about the extent to which a student can exercise basic numeracy skills, is a discriminating and accurate user of mathematical methods, and can reason, solve, and construct meaning from number problems.
  • Literacy — 25 items which provide information about the extent to which a student can exercise basic literacy skills, is a discriminating and accurate word user, and can reason and construct meaning from text.
  • Nonverbal — 25 nonverbal items which provide information about the extent to which a student can discover principles and rules, and apply them to solve problems using abstract visual patterns rather than numbers of words.