International Student Admissions Test
For universities – why use ISAT?
Advantages of using ISAT
Selection
- identifies academic ability
- provides a common assessment tool
- supplements existing academic qualifications
- supports selection judgements
- provides a ranking
- simplifies the admissions process
- allows for selection while awaiting final results
- facilitates online admission processes.
Security
- updated regularly
- administered in secure, accredited centres
- opportunities for practice and coaching are minimised
- universities verify results by password access to ACER’s website
- students can resit ISAT only after six months have elapsed.
Quality of content
- valid and reliable measure of reasoning
- ISAT scores are calculated to take account of differences in test difficulty from year to year
- ACER undertakes ongoing research and quality assessment of material.
- Designed for a culturally and linguistically diverse candidature.
Ease of access
- testing centres located world-wide
- flexible test dates.
