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COVID19 has thrown the biggest curveball at international schools that we have ever seen. In the 20th century, international education grew to a global community, but abruptly COVID19 stopped travel and movement and then took our breath away. However, through all […]

IDAT is putting the focus on the “D” in IDAT and expanding the diagnostic information provided from our test. From its inception, IDAT has provided lengthy descriptions and diagnostic information about students’ speaking, writing, and listening abilities. For other outcomes from the […]

As one of the most professional test providers, IDAT was honoured to be invited to share our experiences and thoughts as how did we transform during the pandemic and maintain access to a large-scale test of academic language proficiency. […]

IDAT proudly invited our valued school partners to gather and spent a resourceful afternoon together. Most schools joined us virtually, and we were also delighted to great many admissions officers face to face. […]

IDAT is pleased to announce that PLC Melbourne now is the IDAT's partner school. PLC Melbourne is a prestigious girls' school offering outstanding learning opportunities with Victorian curriculum and the IB program. […]

IDAT is pleased to welcome Dr Patrick Pheasant, Dr Aleksander Voninski and Dr Jim Tognolini to the Academic Integrity Council. The role of the Academic Integrity Council is to advice the administration and board of the International Diagnostic and Admissions […]

The Sydney University Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment conducted a review and assessment of the mathematics and English tests for the International Diagnostic & Admissions Test in June 2020 to determine if the templated questions assessed the outcomes as […]

The 24-26th of October in Abu Dhabi were marked by an exciting reunion of education experts. For three days, principals, teachers, professors, researchers and entrepreneurs met at the IB Global Conference to discuss creative ideas to redesign education across the […]

The character test for IDAT was developed with the consultation of Dr Krista Edgley (Phd), who is a child psychologist in private practice and who works with the Ottawa District Catholic School Board in Canada. […]