Training

Build expertise in using data in your everyday practice.

PAT training supports leaders and teachers using PAT in their schools. Whatever your starting point, there’s an option to suit you.

Achieve school improvement goals by building teaching expertise.
Improve the effectiveness of teaching
Generate evidence of impact in improved learning outcomes.

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Whatever your experience level, we have an option to suit you – or ask us about a bespoke offering tailored to your needs.

Training

It takes expertise to understand and interpret assessment data and turn it into targeted teaching. These courses are designed and facilitated by ACER experts in face-to-face learning.

Understanding PAT | Progressive Achievement workshop

This course provides an overview of PAT implementation in the Maths and Reading domains, from accessing student data to identifying students' next steps in their learning.

Dates
Available

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 2025.

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 2025

Understanding PAT: a guide for new teachers [12 February]
The PAT Teaching Resources Centre: supporting teachers with the next steps after assessment [18 February]
PAT administration: account setup tips and tricks [19 February]
PAT interviews: exploring the context of PAT in a school setting [26 February]
AGAT 2nd edition: how and why schools are using the assessment [4 March]
A very special intro to the 2025 Australian STEM Video Game Challenge [27 March]

Term 2 2025

Term 3 2025

PAT interviews: ACER leaders discuss PAT [23 July]
Understanding PAT Norms [20 August]
New assessment: PAT Maths 5th Edition [28 August]
Analysing and interpreting ACER’s reports for linear assessments [3 September]
Analysing and interpreting ACER’s reports for adaptive assessments [4 September]
What's new in the PAT Teaching Resources Centre: resources, navigation and more! [10 September]

Term 4 2025

PAT administration and testing guidance [15 October]
PAT interviews: school leadership – hear how other schools are using PAT [22 October]
Predicting PAT learning growth [5 November]
Leading improvement in student engagement [13 November]
PAT Science and STEM Contexts: how and why schools use these assessments [26 November]
Progressive Achievement for International Schools (PAIS) adaptive reporting [26 November]
Progressive Achievement for International Schools (PAIS) linear reports [3 December]

Please contact us for further information.

Registration for webinars

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Log into your ACER school account, visit the 'help' section to register.

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