Language Conventions Placement & Diagnostic Test help guide

About the Placement Diagnostic Tests 

Our placement diagnostic tests are intended to provide an indication of which year level your students are performing at with regards to language conventions.

For Australian schools, the questions in the diagnostics range from Level 7 to Level 10. 

For New Zealand schools, the questions in the diagnostics range from NZC3 to NZC6 level. 

Once completed, you will be provided with a percentage breakdown of how your students have scored against each year level.

How to Interpret the Data

Once completed, you will be provided with a table of data that looks like this for Australian schools:

Once completed, you will be provided with a table of data that looks like this for New Zealand schools: 

This data is available at both a class and an individual student level.

When interpreting this data to understand which level your students should be working at, we suggest using your judgement as a teacher to determine whether students should be working at a different level.

To get you started, here is how you could interpret the scores:

Grammarly

If any of your students have Grammarly enabled on their web browsers, we would recommend turning it off while they complete the diagnostic.

Grammarly will provide suggestions to the students in the test and will not provide an accurate representation of what the student knows if it is turned on.

Language Conventions Diagnostic Tests

Once you have analysed the provided data and decided at which level your students should be working, we recommend assigning them the relevant pre-test at that level.

Our Language Conventions Diagnostic Tests assess similar topics to the Placement Tests, but provide recommended lessons for the students to work through once completed. You can then ensure that your students are working on skills that are targeted at the appropriate level.

Need a hand? Feel free to reach out to our team!