PAT Reading

Introduction to Assist

NZCER assist is the online platform that most Manaiakalani schools use to support the administration, marking and analysing of PAT tests.

The Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) assess students' Mathematics, Listening Comprehension, Punctuation and Grammar, Reading Comprehension, and Reading Vocabulary. PATs are a series of standardised tests developed specifically for use in New Zealand schools (NZCER Website)

NZCER supports the purposeful use of assessment for focussed inquiry and provides support and advice to schools about using these assessments to support learning. You can phone or email our support specialists, register for an online workshop, or engage our education advisers to discuss the decisions you have to make.

Information about PAT: Punctuation and Grammar

Explanation on how to assist students to log in

Online testing - printing student tokens

You can export the tokens by following these steps:

Step 1: Click on Dashboard

Step 2: Choose the assessment subject

Step 3: Select the assessment group you'd like to print tokens for

Step 4: Click on Manage Users

Step 5: Click on Export Tokens on the top of the screen

Step 6: Choose PDF or CSV

Share NZCER Online link with students. Students use above mentioned tokens to log on.

How to administer test

Teachers complete the example questions with the students. Students complete the rest of the test on their own.

How to mark it

Testing is done automatically by the system.

How to download a report

View reports for the assessments

Step 1: Click on Dashboard

Step 2: Choose the assessment subject

Step 3: Click on the reports icon

Admin and teachers can access school wide reports. Filters such as gender, ethnicity and year level can be used to narrow the search once reports have been generated.

How do I access School-wide reports?

Step 1: Click on Reports in the Left-hand menu of Assist site

Step 2: Fill out the details in the form

Year: 2021
Area: Choose the subject area
Tests: Select All Tests or choose individual or multiple tests
Period: Choose the term under analysis
Assessments: Select All Assessments or choose individual or multiple assessment groups