ICAS - English - 2020-21
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is a leading international student assessment service that
provides an objective, in-depth, external assessment of student skills in key learning areas. ICAS is a
diagnostic assessment which brings to light the strengths and weaknesses of a student on the four core subject
areas of English, Science, Mathematics and Digital Technologies.
The International Assessments for Indian Schools more popularly known as ICAS provides an objective, in-depth
assessments of student skills in key learning areas that are essential for success in school & beyond. ICAS is
not a competitive exam, it’s purely a diagnostic assessment benchmarked against global standards that reveals
academic strengths and weaknesses of students through scientifically graded assessment questions, which demand
application of basic to higher order thinking skills from students.
ICAS is the most comprehensive
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Exam Format
- The Assessments consist of a range of multiple-choice and free-response questions.
- For the multiple-choice questions, students will have to choose the correct answer from the four possible options.
- For the free response questions, students will have to write the answers in the boxes provided.
- Each question is worth one mark.
- The total score is the number of correct answers.
- No marks are deducted for wrong answers.
- Papers are ordered from the easiest items to the most difficult items.
- The items towards the end of the paper are designed to provide an opportunity for the most able
students to demonstrate a high level of skill.
- The questions are carefully graded to cater to a wide range of student abilities using contexts that
stimulate students' interest and engage their attention. Students at all levels of competency stand
to benefit from participation in the diagnostic assessments.
Skill Assessed
Students read a variety of texts which narrate, describe, explain, argue, persuade and review.
These include extracts from picture books, novels, poems, play scripts, transcripts of interviews,
letters, diary entries, advertisements, web pages, feature articles, opinion pieces and comics.
These texts cover a range of topics and may include tables, diagrams, maps and other visual information.
The texts increase in complexity with each assessment, moving from simple texts dealing with familiar
subjects and topics to complex texts incorporating abstract concepts and sophisticated language structures.
Major skills assessed during ICAS English examination:
Students are required to locate, identify, interpret, infer and synthesise information in and about texts
The skill areas assessed are:
- Reading for meaning in factual texts.
- Reading for meaning in literary texts.
- Textual devices, syntax and vocabulary.
Exam Date - ICAS English
- For schools in India : To be declared
- For schools in Neighbouring countries : To be declared
Duration of Papers
- Classes 2 : 35 multiple-choice / 40 minutes
- Classes 3 & 4 : 45 multiple-choice / 45 minutes
- Classes 5 & 6 : 50 multiple-choice / 50 minutes
- Classes 7 & 8 : 55 multiple-choice/ 55 minutes
- Classes 9 to 12 : 60 multiple-choice/ 60 minutes
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