PAT pāngarau | mathematics helps teachers determine ākonga levels of achievement in the knowledge, skills and understanding of mathematics in the New Zealand curriculum and targets the important content ākonga need to understand in order to make progress.
Assessments are designed for ākonga from Year 3 up to the end of Year 10 - but may be appopriate for ākonga outside this range depending on their progress.
PAT Pāngarau | PAT Mathematics assesses:
- Number
- Algebra
- Measurement
- Geometry
- Statistics
- Probability
These new assessments have been redesigned and content reviewed (2023) with an explicit equity focus, ensuring that the languages, cultures and identities of ākonga are better represented in the assessment material. They still have the same robust design and reporting that schools are used to with the previous assessments.
The refreshed content continues to target the big ideas ākonga need to know and understand in order to make progress through the curriculum and has all the same features and benefits as our previous assessments.
It has been piloted and trialled with schools around Aotearoa, and rigorously assessed in the same manner as previous PAT: Mathematics assessments.
Reporting remains the same as with previous assessments, and results between the two are directly comparable.