ICAS resources
Please select an option below to view the ICAS resources suitable for you.
On this page, parents can find useful information about ICAS for their child and how to review and understand their child’s results.
2. Communicate
Parents will find useful information on ICAS Assessments here including a guide on how to install Janison Replay onto their child’s device.
Documents
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: 28 November 2022
ICAS Parent Payment System*
How to sign-up.
*Available for Australian and New Zealand schools only.
5. Review the results
When your child’s results are ready to be viewed, this step will guide you through how to access their results.
Parents: Looking for ICAS results?
Now that your child has sat their ICAS test, we realise how keen you both are to see how they went – and that it can be a little confusing for parents to know when to expect results.
To explain the process – once your child sits their test, your school typically receives your child’s online results for that subject 4 to 6 days after the final sitting day for the subject. 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, giving you access to 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 online results login details and certificates to you. Some schools may choose to pass on login details sooner, but this is entirely at the discretion of the school.
We know, it’s tough to wait it out 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.
Documents
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.
Other curated resources
This page shows students information on how to sit an ICAS test and how to review their results in the Results Portal.
1. Sit the test
Its Test Day! Students can follow the video below to gain an understanding of how to sit the test. Students can also do some practice questions to become familiar with the layout of ICAS Tests.
Links
Interaction Test
Have a go at the range of questions types that could be encountered in an ICAS test.
Videos
How Students Take a Test
Examples of question types asked in ICAS
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.
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If a student, for example, becomes ill during the test the teacher will pause the student’s test. This means that the student will not be able to access it from home. Where appropriate, on a subsequent day within the official sitting period, the teacher can create a new test session for the student. The student can continue with their test using the same one-time code and the newly created test session code.
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Pause is used to temporarily stop a student’s test. They will be postponed when the session closes at the end of the day. And then the student’s test can be restarted another day with a new session code and the student can continue where they left off.
2. Review the results
Ready for Results? This step shows students how to access their results.
Documents
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.
Other curated resources
On this page you will find helpful resources and guides for teachers and school coordinators on how to sit ICAS, from getting started to reviewing results.
1. Getting started
Getting started with ICAS. We have arranged important documents and links to get started with ICAS.
Links
Documents
ICAS dates and prices
Here is where you’ll find key dates and prices for ICAS.
ICAS Terms and Conditions
Terms and conditions for schools purchasing ICAS can be found here. Last updated: 23 November 2022. Updated communications clause.
Accessibility options enquiry form
This enquiry form is available to all schools to fill in if they require accessibility options for their school.
ICAS Assessments Checklist
This checklist provides a step-by-step guide and is essential to make sure you are prepared to sit ICAS on test day.
Technical requirements
This link is used to make sure your device is ready and able to sit ICAS.
ICAS Assessments UserGuide
This document is a must have and provides a detailed outline of every step for sitting ICAS.
ICAS Parent Payment System*
How to sign up your school
*Available for Australian and New Zealand schools only.
Links
Technical Requirements
This link is used to make sure your device is ready and able to sit ICAS Assessments.
ICAS Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions for ICAS can be found here. Last updated: 23 Nov 2022.
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.
Documents
ICAS Quick Reference Guide
This checklist provides a step-by-step guide and is essential to make sure you are prepared to sit ICAS on test day.
ICAS User Guide
This document is a must have and provides a detailed outline of every step for sitting ICAS Assessments.
ICAS Parent Payment System*
How to sign-up your school*Available for Australian and New Zealand schools only
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
Documents
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: 10 January 2023.
3. Prepare for testing
Videos
School coordinator dashboard
Invite new staff
Import students
Allocate test licences to students
Print student logins
Links
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.
Links
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.
- There are two types of teacher roles in the Assessments Portal: Teacher and Unrestricted Teacher. We recommend that any staff who are going to be supervising the test on test day be assigned the Unrestricted Teacher role and not the Teacher role, so as to have access to all students who will be sitting the ICAS tests. This is especially useful for secondary school staff who are supervising students from different home-room classes. If you wish to allocate the Teacher role to your staff, you will need to ensure that you include class information in your student import and that you assign class(es) to teachers. Students can only be allocated to one class in the Assessments Portal. The class field is not mandatory for ICAS when uploading student details into the Assessments Portal.
- If there are staff in the school with the Teacher role, you must assign them a class. To do this, click “Assign classes to teachers” from the School Coordinator dashboard. The Teacher’s account must have been activated prior to assigning classes to teachers.
- Note: As the School Coordinator and Unrestricted Teacher roles have access to all students in the Assessments Portal for your school, you do not need to assign them any classes.
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
It’s test day! Make sure you have the test supervision instructions downloaded and distributed to each teacher supervising a ICAS test.
Videos
Supervise a live test
How students take a test
Example of question types asked in ICAS
Documents
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.
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If a student, for example, becomes ill during the test the teacher will pause the student’s test. This means that the student will not be able to access it from home. Where appropriate, on a subsequent day within the official sitting period, the teacher can create a new test session for the student. The student can continue with their test using the same one-time code and the newly created test session code.
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Pause is used to temporarily stop a student’s test. They will be postponed when the session closes at the end of the day. And then the student’s test can be restarted another day with a new session code and the student can continue where they left off.
5. Review the results
Ready for your ICAS results? Read the guides below on how to access and navigate the results portal or read the school / parent guide to ICAS results which provides an in depth guide on understanding and accessing results.
Documents
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
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.
Other resources
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