The Global Academic Challenge celebrates the academic success of participants with awards recognising their achievement.

The results and awards for the 2023 Autumn Global Academic Challenge have been announced

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2800+
 Challenges completed
73
Participating schools

Congratulations to all students and schools who took part in the 2023 Autumn Challenge!

Celebrate your student’s achievements

We’ve prepared assets to help you share your results with your school community.

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Reports

The Global Academic Challenge provides a range of valuable reports to support teachers and parents or carers to understand each student’s results. A suite of interactive digital reports are available for schools to analyse results, while parents or carers are provided with hard-copy reports that display their child’s achievement.

Awards

The Challenge is an opportunity to celebrate your students’ academic achievements. We provide hard-copy certificates, personalised medallions and promotional opportunities so that you can share your students’ success with your community.

International comparisons are available instantly. 
Reports are detailed and interactive, providing rich insights into student achievement.
Parents and carers will receive a printed report with their child’s results.
Certificates and medallions are provided to schools ready for presentation at assemblies and ceremonies.
Certificates can be added to student portfolios to illustrate their academic achievement.
With permission, award winners will be highlighted in promotional material from ACER.

When to expect your results from the 2023 Spring sesson of the Challenge

Instant reports

Immediately after the competition you will have access to international comparison data to see how your students compare to an international cohort. 

National results announced

9 October 2023

Competition awards will be announced and your students’ certificate results will be released.

All interactive reports will also be updated to include national comparison data.

Awards sent to schools

23 October 2023

Personalised medallions, printed certificates and hard-copy individual reports will be sent to schools.

Comparisons

International comparisons

The Global Academic Challenge provides instant comparisons between participating students’ results and an international cohort, drawing from the results of the International Schools’ Assessment (ISA). Trusted by schools since 2002, the ISA is a widely respected assessment program currently taken by more than 90,000 students globally.

National comparisons

After results from the competition have been analysed, the Global Academic Challenge provides details on how each student performed compared to their participating Australian peers. Certificates will be awarded based on a student’s ranking within the national cohort.

Reports available for:

Benchmark Report

Provides an overview of the Challenge results, including the average scale score for your school with comparisons to students in Australia and internationally.

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Group Report

Provides comprehensive performance information for all students who have completed the Challenge.

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Bands Report

Provides an overview of the distribution of participating students across the described achievement bands for each learning area.

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Strand Report

Provides scores for each skill area, allowing you to review the strengths and weaknesses of participating students.

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Individual report

Provides comprehensive details on each student’s individual performance.

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Student report

Provides information on how your child performed in comparison to students in Australia and internationally, as well as a description of the skills and knowledge demonstrated.

Sample student report

Certificate

Each participating student will receive a printed certificate recognising their performance.

Sample certificate

Certificate and award criteria

Every student who takes part in the Challenge will receive a certificate celebrating their achievement. Certificates are awarded based on how students perform compared to all Australian students who sat the Challenge in 2022.

Medallion

Each student who achieves the top result in each year’s learning area will receive a personalised medallion.

High Distinction with Honours

Students who achieve results in the top 2% will be awarded a High Distinction with Honours.

High Distinction

Students who achieve results within the top 10% will be awarded a High Distinction.

Distinction

Students who achieve results within the top 25% will be awarded a Distinction.

Credit

Students who achieve results within the top 50% will be awarded a Credit.

Participation

All other students will receive a certificate recognising their participation.