Training

ACER is pleased to offer a series of webinars targeted to schools using, or about to use, the PAT Progressive Achievement suite online. Here's the schedule for the rest of the year.

These webinars feature content relevant to assessments, surveys and resources that are delivered using ACER’s online assessment platform.

Webinars give PAT users the opportunity to engage with expert presenters, including members of ACER’s Assessment and Psychometric Research program, product authors and product managers, test developers, research fellows and education consultants.

Term 1 2023

• A PAT session for new teachers [2 February]
• New assessment – PAT Science 2nd Edition [9 February]
• Grouping and Identifying students using PAT data [16 February]
• Setting up your account for 2023 [23 February]
• ACER’s Global Academic Challenge [29 February]

Term 2 2023

• Unpacking ISA reports: Key concepts [11 May]
• Unpacking ACER’s PAT Critical Reasoning assessment [18 May]
• A look at the Social-Emotional Wellbeing survey data [25 May]
• A look at AGAT reports [1 June]
• Unpacking ACER’s PAT Spelling Skills assessment [8 June]

Term 3 2023

• Your guide to the Global Academic Challenge [3 August]
• Talking about Growth [17 August]
• Using ACER’s PAT Norms for comparisons [14 September]

Term 4 2023

• A look at PAT reports (Spelling, Science, Grammar & punctuation, STEM, Vocabulary, etc.) [17 October]
• A look at PAT linear reports (Maths, Reading) [18 October]
• A look at PAT Adaptive reports (Maths, Reading) [19 October]
• Unpacking ACER’s [updated] eWrite assessment [26 October]
• Q&A with ACER – PAT reports and data [16 November]
• A guide to testing for selection and scholarships [30 November]
• Challenging and extending your students [7 December]

Explore the complete program.