Scholarship Trial Test Course
ACER Scholarship Test
ACER (Australian Council for Educational Reasearch) is registered international leader in the development and provision of high quality assessment and reporting tools and services.
Components of the ACER Scholarship Test
Written Expression
- Two test forms available (Test 1 and Test 4)
- Extended response
- 25 minutes each
Two topics for writing will be set to allow students to use different styles of writing. The Written Expressions tests focus on the student’s ability to express thoughts and ideas in writing.
Humanities – Comprehension and Interpretation
- 40–45 multiple-choice questions
- 40 minutes
This test asks students to answer questions related to written and visual material. The material may be drawn from subject areas such as English, Art, History, Geography and Social Studies. No specialist knowledge in these areas is assumed – – all the information needed will be provided. Students are required to think critically and make judgements about different types of texts, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, cartoons, diagrams and maps.
Mathematics (Level 1), Mathematics and Science (Level 2 & 3)
- 32–36 multiple-choice questions
- 40 minutes
This test attempts to measure mathematical and scientific abilities rather than school achievement in these areas. The material used for the questions is selected from a wide variety of sources, and may differ from standard school-based curriculum materials.
AAS Scholarship Test
Components of the AAS Scholarship Test
Writing
Learning areas tested:
- Genre/structure
- Arguments
- Vocabulary
- Sentence structure and cohesion
- Syntax/tense
- Punctuation
- Spelling
Reading
Learning areas tested:
- Remembering info
- Locating details
- Analysing text
- Evaluating info
- Deriving/drawing
- conclusions
- Combining info
Mathematics
Learning areas tested:
- Numbers
- Measurements
- Space and geometry
- Data
- Patterns and algebra
- Working mathematically
Reasoning
Learning areas tested:
- Verbal reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Figural reasoning
- Spatial reasoning