ISAT is an Admission Test Required as One Component of Entry Applications to a Selection of High-Stakes University Courses.

ISAT is Specifically Designed to Rank a Highly Competitive And Intelligent Population of Candidates,

It is Important to Look at the Scores Received Within This Context.

Critical Reasoning
SCORE
181

%ILE
79

Quantitative Reasoning

SCORE
184

%ILE
82

Overall

SCORE
183

%ILE
81


Percentiles

To give meaning to the scaled scores, percentile ranks are also provided.

Percentiles (%ILE) show the percentage of candidates whose scores are lower than the one reported.

Scores

The Scoring Process is Complex and Requires Substantial Development and Analysis by ACER's psychometricians

Candidates cannot calculate their own scores.

The ISAT scaled scores are developed as a complex interaction between candidate abilities and test item difficulties (Item Response Theory: IRT)

ISAT scores for Critical Reasoning (CR), Quantitative Reasoning (QR) and Overall are on scales with ranges of 100-200.

The use of scaled scores enables scores from the test in different years to be directly compared. (The Overall score is an average of the CR and QR scaled scores).