Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT)

Author(s): ACER Press

Publisher: ACER Press

The Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT) is a test of general ability designed to assist teachers in their assessment of students aged 10–15 years.

MYAT is a completely revised and updated edition of the ACER Intermediate Tests F and G.

As well as verbal and numerical reasoning items in the tradition of the ACER Intermediate Tests, MYAT includes non-verbal (or abstract) reasoning items, giving a more complete picture of students’ general ability.

 Key Features:

• Excellent group test of general ability
• Contains literacy, numeracy and non-verbal items in two parallel forms
• Up-to-date Australian norms
• Can be used to help in identification of gifted and talented students
• Machine scored through ACER’s test scoring service or handscored
• The MYAT Report provides an overall ability score and a profile of the student’s performance in each of the three sub-scale areas.
• ACER’s Test Scoring Service is available

Range: Middle Years students: last two years of primary, first two years of secondary

Purpose: To provide a measure of general ability.

Administration: 45 minutes – group

Assessment Content: 75 multiple-choice items:

• Numeracy – 25 items which provide information about the extent to which a student can exercise basic numeracy skills, is a discriminating and accurate user of mathematical methods, and can reason, solve and construct meaning from number problems.
• Literacy – 25 items which provide information about the extent to which a student can exercise basic literacy skills, is a discriminating and accurate word user, and can reason and construct meaning from text.
• Non-verbal – 25 items which provide information about the extent to which a student can discover principles and rules, and apply them to solve problems using abstract visual patterns rather than numbers or words.
  
  Specimen Set includes a Manual and one of each Test Booklet A, Test Booklet B and Student Answer Sheet

Note: This test may only be purchased by qualified Educational professionals.