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IDAT is pleased to announce a new partnership with the prestigious, St Stephen’s School of Rome, Italy.  St Stephen’s will be accepting and using the IDAT for admissions purposes. St. Stephen’s School is a non-profit and non-denominational, co-educational, American international day and […]

During this global COVID19 outbreak, IDAT continues to allow candidates and schools from all over the world to continue their admissions processes. Students in Australia, Canada, the USA, UK and Asia have continued to take the test in a completely […]

IDAT is pleased to announce some exciting changes to our Global Knowledge testing, effective from January 1, 2022. From 2022 onwards, IDAT will no longer be testing History and Geography in its global knowledge section of the test. Hereafter, the Global Knowledge […]

IDAT is very excited to provide services to one of Hong Kong’s most prestigious schools. CIS offers a dual-language curriculum that is enriched with Positive Education, a STEAM programme, a year in Hangzhou and Connected Learning initiatives.   […]

IDAT is pleased to announce some exciting changes to our Global Knowledge testing, effective from January 1, 2022. From 2022 onwards, IDAT will no longer be testing History and Geography in its global knowledge section of the test. Hereafter, the Global Knowledge […]

IDAT is pleased to announce that we have assisted Tintern Grammar to assess their scholarship applicants. Tintern Grammar is a highly-regarded co-educational school that runs a Parallel Model of education in Melbourne’s East. With over 140 years of history, Tintern prioritises individual […]

Methodist Ladies’ College Melbourne is Now One of IDAT’s Partner Schools!Be inspired. Be great. Be you. World-ready women. IDAT is pleased to announce that Methodist Ladies’ College Melbourne (MLC) now is the IDAT’s partner school. MLC is one of Australia’s leading independent day […]

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. […]