1. Getting started
Learn about how to get set up, dates, the Parent Payment System, and more.
ICAS checklist (summarised user guide)
A summary of the steps required to run ICAS. A must-have for any school coordinator.
ICAS user guide
A comprehensive and detailed guide for using the Assessments Portal to answer your specific how-to questions.
Technical requirements
This link is used to make sure your device is ready and able to sit ICAS.
ICAS Parent Payment System*
How to sign up your school
*Available for Australian and New Zealand schools only.
ICAS dates and prices
Here is where you’ll find key dates and prices for ICAS.
Accessibility options enquiry form
This enquiry form is available to all schools to fill in if they require accessibility options for their school.
ICAS Terms and Conditions
Terms and conditions for schools purchasing ICAS can be found here. Last published: 21 April 2023.
A school code and password were issued to your school when it initially registered with ICAS Assessments. The teacher at your school who coordinated ICAS in previous years may know the details. Alternatively, contact us.
It is possible your school’s firewall is blocking access to the shop. Please contact your school’s IT department for assistance. If you are still experiencing difficulties, please contact us.
Log in to the Shop and click on My Account to view the primary contact email and address details that we have on file for your school.
2. Communicate
Learn how to inform parents and students about ICAS, and download customisable templates.
School to parents communications template
This document provides templates for schools to use to send to parents / guardians, including a permission form and privacy collection statement.
ICAS promotional content
Spread the word about ICAS to your school community. Access a parent flyer and content for your schools social media and website.
Parent instructions for locked-down browser
Request to install locked-down browser on a BYOD student device. Only required for Spelling and Writing subjects.
Terms and Conditions for parents and guardians
Also suitable for schools buying past papers. Last updated: 13 March 2023.
3. Prepare for testing
Learn how to prepare your school for test day.
School coordinator dashboard
Invite new staff
Import students
Allocate test licences to students
Print student logins
Locked-down browser
This link will take you to the locked-down browser support page with information and guides on how to set up a locked-down browser using Janison Replay.
If you have already uploaded your student data without classes, you will need to reupload the spreadsheet with the class field populated. You can only add a class to existing individual student records if the class already exists in the Assessments Portal.
REACH Spelling and REACH Writing both require the LDB application, Replay. Only one download of Replay per device is necessary.
4. Sit the test
Learn how to sit and run ICAS, including the crucial test supervision instructions to be provided to invigilators.
Supervise a live test
How students take a test
Example of question types asked
Test supervision instructions
This document contains a script on what to say to students and how to administer the assessment on test day.
Yes. On the day of the ICAS test, the supervising teacher needs to log in to create and start the test session.
Yes. There are test supervision instructions (PDFs) for each subject for ICAS assessments. They can be found on the REACH Support Page or can be accessed from the Assessments Portal dashboard.
5. Review results
Learn how to access and review ICAS results.
ICAS school results online quick guide
This quick guide provides teachers and school coordinators with helpful tips on accessing results for their students
ICAS parent/student guide: How to access online reports
This guide provides an overview for parents in order to access their child’s results
How to use ICAS results to boost your school's performance
A guide on how to use results to improve your learning programs, help with class selection, and more
The results for all tests are available in the Results Portal. Access to the Portal can be done in the following ways:
Go to the Results Portal and log in using your school’s 8-digit school code and password.
Go to theAssessments Portal and click on Results on the dashboard or on the Results icon in the navigation bar and follow the link. You will be taken directly to the Results Portal through a single-sign-on process.
Students can access their results from student Results Portal. The Student handout provides a student with their personal login details for the Results Portal. The school can print the handouts from the Result and Reports Portal and distribute to the students.
1. Paying
Learn about paying for ICAS through the Parent Payment System.
How to purchase using the ICAS Parent Payment System*
4 quick steps to help you purchase ICAS tests for your child.
*Australian and New Zealand schools only.
2. Setting up
Learn how to set up ICAS on your device.
Parent instructions for locked-down browser
Request to install locked-down browser on a BYOD student device. *only required for Spelling and Writing subjects.
Terms and Conditions for purchasing through our online shop
Also suitable for schools buying past papers. Last updated: 13 March 2023.
3. Sitting the test
Learn how to sit the test. You can also complete some practice questions to become familiar with the layout of ICAS tests.
How Students Take a Test
Examples of question types asked
Yes. On the day of the ICAS test, the supervising teacher needs to log in to create and start the test session.
Yes. There are test supervision instructions (PDFs) for each subject for ICAS assessments. They can be found on the REACH Support Page or can be accessed from the Assessments Portal dashboard.
4. Accessing the results
Now that your child has sat their ICAS test, we realise how keen you both are to see the results.
To explain the process – once your child sits their test, your school typically receives your child’s online results for their subject 4 to 6 days after the final sitting day. Your school then receives your child’s certificate/s approximately 14 days later. Once your school has processed the results, it will then pass on your login details, which you can use to access the online results and certificates.
For example, if ICAS Science ends on 26 August, your school will receive results around 1 September and certificates by 14 September. Your school will then pass on your login details to view the online results, as well as your child’s certificates. Some schools may choose to pass on login details sooner, but this is at the discretion of the school.
We know it’s tough to wait for the exciting news, however, your safest bet is to assume your school will need the full 14 days from the final sitting day of an ICAS subject before they share your child’s results.
ICAS parent/student guide: How to access online reports
This guide provides an overview for parents in order to access their child’s results
The results for all tests are available in the Results Portal. Access to the Portal can be done in the following ways:
Go to the Results Portal and log in using your school’s 8-digit school code and password.
Go to theAssessments Portal and click on Results on the dashboard or on the Results icon in the navigation bar and follow the link. You will be taken directly to the Results Portal through a single-sign-on process.
Students can access their results from student Results Portal. The Reach student handout provides a student with their personal login details for the Results Portal. The school can print the handouts from the Result and Reports Portal and distribute to the students.
Need further support?
Our friendly customer service team are ready to assist you with your queries. Call us on:
0800 440 904