Choosing a test type and level - GL Education

There are two sets of tests available for PTE, Form A and Form B. They are based on the same standardisation and test the same skills at the appropriate ... Home KnowledgeBase Assessments PTESupport BeforetheTest Choosingatesttypeandlevel BacktoBeforetheTest PTESupportHome GeneralInformation BeforetheTest Step-by-stepguide Choosingatesttypeandlevel WhentotestwithPTE TestingSENDandEALstudents Pre-testingessentials OntheDayoftheTest AftertheTest FrequentlyAskedQuestions Downloads ProgressTestinEnglish Findoutmore Choosingatesttypeandlevel Articlesinthissection: Choosingatesttype Choosingatestlevel Referencetableofavailablelevelsandformats Choosingatesttype DigitalorPaper PTE isavailableaseitheradigitalorapapertest.  PleasenotethatanySENDaccommodationrequirementsmightaffectourrecommendationforwhichformatofthetestyoutake.SeeTestingSENDandEALstudentsformoredetails. Digital PTEiscurrentlyavailableasadigitaltestforlevels7-15forbothFormAandFormB,aswellasLevel11TforFormA.  ThedigitalformatistakenonourTestwiseplatformandallinstructionsandquestionsarefullyincorporatedintothedigitaltest.  NOTE:Digital PTEtestscanbetakenonalaptoporPC,butarenotcurrentlyavailableontablets.  Paper PTEisalsoavailableasapapertestfor:  Levels5-14+Level11T(FormA)  Levels7-11(FormB)  ThiscurrentlymeansthatyoucantesttwiceayearwithpaperforYearGroups1-6(UK)ifyouwouldliketo.  Studentbookletsareaccompaniedbyan'AtaGlanceGuide'whichcontainsallinstructionsnecessaryfortheteacherortestadministrator.  FormAorFormB TherearetwosetsoftestsavailableforPTE,FormAandFormB.Theyarebasedonthesamestandardisationandtestthesameskillsattheappropriateages,butcontaindifferentquestionswithdifferentphrasingsandspecificscenarios.Thismeansthat,formostlevels,therearetwotestsavailabletochoosefrom.  Pleaseseethereferencetableatthetopofthepagefortheavailablelevelsineachformandformat.  Annualadministration Ifyouwouldliketoadministerthetestonceayear,youcanchooseeitheroftheformstoadminister.Westronglyrecommendthatyoudonotrandomlyassigndifferentformstodifferentstudentswithinthesamecohort,butthatyoupickeitherFormAorFormBtoadministertotheentirecohort.  Testingtwiceayear Youcanusebothformstotesttwiceintheyearifyouwouldliketomeasureastudent'sbaselineatthestartoftheyear,progressoreffectivenessofinterventionduringtheyear,orretentionofknowledgeovertheschoolbreak.  Werecommendtestinginthefirstandthirdtermsoftheacademicyear(UKAutumntermandSpring/Summerterm)astheseareclosesttotheoriginalstandardisationwindow.  IMPORTANT: IfyouaretestinginthefirsttermoftheyearyouMUSTusethelevelfortheyearbelow.Forexample,ifyouaretestingatthebeginningofUKYear5,youwilltestwithLevel9inthefirsttermoftheyear,andthenwithLevel10inthethirdterm.ThisisbecausestudentswillnothavelearnedallofthecontentcoveredintheLevel10testinthefirsttermoftheyear.  Thisisstillthesameifyouarewantingtomeasurein-yearprogress:theSASscoresandstatisticalanalysiswillallowyoutocompareastudent'sprogressovertheyeareventhoughtheyhavetakentwodifferentlevelsoftest.  Thetablebelowdemonstrateshowthisscheduleworks:  ThisexampleshowstheuseofFormA(butthelevelbelow)atthebeginningoftheacademicyear,withFormB(ofthecorrectagelevel)usedfortheendoftheyear.Youcanhoweverusetheformsineitherorder,aslongasyouremainconsistentwithyourscheduleanddonotusethesameformforthesamestudentsmorethanonce.  Choosingatestlevel Pleaserefertothetables belowtoseethetargetyeargroupsandagerangecoveredforeachtestlevel.  UK-Testlevelageguide PTELevelStartofschoolyear PTELevelEndofschoolyear YearGroup(EnglandandWales) YearGroup(NorthernIreland) AgeofYearGroup KeyStage(EnglandandWales) KeyStage(NorthernIreland)                 Level5 Reception Year1 4-5 EarlyYears KS1 Level5 Level6 Year1 Year2 5-6 KS1 KS1 Level6 Level7 Year2 Year3 6-7 KS1 KS1 Level7 Level8 Year3 Year4 7-8 KS2 KS1 Level8 Level9 Year4 Year5 8-9 KS2 KS2 Level9 Level10 Year5 Year6 9-10 KS2 KS2 Level10 Level11 Year6 Year7 10-11 KS2 KS2 Level11T Level12 Year7 Year8 11-12 KS3 KS3 Level12 Level13 Year8 Year9 12-13 KS3 KS3 Level13 Level14 Year9 Year10 13-14 KS3 KS3 Level14 Level15* Year10 Year11 14-15 KS4 KS4 *Standardisedwithstudentsininternationalschools International-Testlevelageguide Year(UK) Grade(US) Grade(Indian) IBProgramme AgeofYearGroup PTElevel 2 1st 1st 1stPYP 5-6 7 3 2nd 2nd 2ndPYP 6-7 8 4 3rd 3rd 3rdPYP 7-8 9 5 4th 4th 4thPYP 8-9 10 6 5th 5th 5thPYP 9-10 11 7 6th 6th 6thPYP 10-11 11T*/12 8 7th 7th 7thPYP 11-12 13 9 8th 8th 8thPYP 12-13 14 10 9th 9th 9thPYP 13-14 15 *Level11TshouldbeadministeredatthebeginningoftheacademicyearwithnewYear7/Grade6cohortsasabaselineassessment.PLEASENOTE:Level11TisnotavailableintheUAE. Previous:Step-by-stepguide Next:WhentotestwithPTE ProgressTestinEnglish Findoutmore Searchforanotherknowledgetopic