ACAT Content
- English
- The ACAT English assessment measures a student’s English proficiency in four sub-tests, including reading, listening, writing and speaking. Unlike other major English proficiency tests, ACAT English Examination emphasises a correlation between each part to achieve a more comprehensive reflection of the students' English level. The ACAT English test is scored on a scale of 0-60, giving students an accurate snapshot of their testing performances.
- Reading
- The Reading Test focuses on assessing the students' ability in vocabulary usage, reading comprehension and verbal reasoning. In a typical examination, each reading test consists of 20 to 30 questions to be completed in 30 minutes. This part also includes several text summary questions to test the students' writing ability.
- Listening
- The Listening Test includes 3 sections that correspond to three different settings in a student’s life: one conversation with other student, one conversation with the school staff, and one monologue by a teacher. The students will need to complete 30-40 questions within 30 minutes.
- Writing
- The Writing Test consists of two different essays: the first one asks the students to continue writing after an initial introduction of a story; the second one requires the students to write a complete essay on a given topic. The writing test lasts 20-30 minutes depending on specific test contents.
- Speaking
- The Speaking Test assesses the students’ speaking ability with several different types of tasks. These tasks include repeating sentences after the listening material, giving a brief self-introduction or a short monologue on a given topic, describing details on a given picture, etc. Students from different school levels will be presented with different combinations of tasks.
Mathematics and Reasoning
The ACAT Mathematics and Reasoning assessment measures a student’s reasoning skills and mathematical knowledge. The mathematical test contents correspond to students’ exact school levels from Grade 1 to Grade 12. In a typical test, a student will need to solve a total number of 40 questions, including 20 to 30 mathematical problems and 10 to 20 reasoning problems.
The Mathematics and Reasoning assessment is scored on a scale of 0-40, giving students an accurate snapshot of their testing performances. The scoring system is purely based on the number of correct answers the students make in the examination.
The Mathematics and Reasoning assessment is scored on a scale of 0-40, giving students an accurate snapshot of their testing performances. The scoring system is purely based on the number of correct answers the students make in the examination.