Paper (explore our online PAT assessments)

Comprehension: 40 minutes (group – except for the Test Booklet P, which is individual. Test Booklets P and 1 are untimed.) 

Vocabulary: 25 minutes (group) 

Spelling: 20 minutes (group) 

• Identify strengths and areas for improvement for each student, and across a cohort.
• Inform and measure learning progress over time.

• Designed for Australian classrooms, assessing the curriculum and providing an Australian norm.
• Eleven normed and graded comprehension tests for the first year of school to 10
• Five normed and graded vocabulary tests for Years 3 to 10
• Nine normed spelling lists for Years 2 to 10

Comprehension

Test P:
Foundation or Year 1

Test 1:
Foundation or Year 1 or 2

Test 2:
Year 1 or 2 or 3

Test 3: 
Year 2 or 3 or 4

Test 4: 
Year 3 or 4 or 5

Test 5: 
Year 4 or 5 or 6

Test 6: 
Year 5 or 6 or 7

Test 7: 
Year 6 or 7 or 8

Test 8: 
Year 7 or 8 or 9

Test 9: 
Year 8 or 9 or 10

Test 10:
Year 9 or 10

Vocabulary

Test 1:
Year 3 or 4 or 5

Test 2:
Year 4 or 5 or 6

Test 3: 
Year 6 or 7 or 8

Test 4: 
Year 7 or 8 or 9

Test 5: 
Year 8 or 9 or 10