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International Competitions and Assessments for Schools

ICAS (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) better known as IAIS (International Assessments for Indian Schools) in India is conducted by Macmillan Education in partnership with Educational Assessment Australia (EAA), a division of the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Started in 2004, it is a diagnostic assessment test which shines a light on the strength and weaknesses of a student and helps teachers and parents understand the child’s learning curve and discern the difficulties they face in the process.

Along with Digital Technologies, Macmillan conducts three more exams in collaboration for ICAS. They are:
  • Science
  • Mathematics and
  • English

IAIS Science, IAIS Mathematics and IAIS English are conducted for classes II to XII whereas ICAS Digital Technologies is conducted for classes III to X. IAIS provides an extensive independent evaluation of students’ skills, knowledge, and understanding in these core learning areas

Content:

Content in the question papers varies depending on the class for which the test is designed.

The test covers the content on:

  • Digital Systems
  • Word Processing
  • Presentations and Data Visualization
  • Using search engines, email, web design, etc.
  • Manage and maintain databases
  • Programming Principles and Concepts

Syllabus:

Syllabus for an exam helps students familiarize themselves with the topics on which the organization conducting the exam asks questions. IAIS Digital Tech. Syllabus helps then prepare effectively in the time they have leading the better results.

Students are tested for skills and knowledge in the following areas.

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Digital systems including hardware and software, operating systems, cloud computing, and data representation

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Basic and advanced operations and formatting in word processing, use of tables, style sheets, animations and referencing

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Presentations, integrated multimedia, and data visualization

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Use of search engines, emails, web design, social media, online collaborative projects and the application of social and ethical protocols and practices in the use of digital technologies

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Use of operations to maintain and manage data and databases

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Programming principles and concepts including block-based coding, flowcharts, sequence, loops, pseudocode, algorithms and desk checking.

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Exam Format:

Being an assessment test rather than a competitive exam, each question is worth one mark with no marks deducted for wrong answers.

The questions become harder as the students move from the first question to the last. The questions in the last are designed so as to test the higher-order thinking skills of the students and are given more weight. This helps the examiners when developing their assessment reports

The questions are also divided by the skills assessed and is reflected in the student Performance report.

Given below is the format for each class for the IAIS Digital Technologies Test.


CLASS PAPER LEVEL QUESTION BREAKDOWN DURATION (IN MINS)
3 A 30 multiple choice 30
4 B 30 multiple choice 30
5 C 35 multiple choice 35
6 D 35 multiple choice 35
7 E 40 multiple choice 40
8 F 40 multiple choice 40
9 G 45 multiple choice 45
10e H 45 multiple choice 45