….thank you so much for the valuable assessment on the performance of the students in the 2005 International Assessments for Indian Schools. It will be of great help for the students and will guide teachers to take corrective measures.
R Williams, Principal, DPS International, New Delhi
… your effort in this regard is praiseworthy. It has helped in a big way. Thank you very much. We look forward to IAIS 2006 and promise you better participation in the next assessments.
Principal, St. Peter’s High School, Jammu
… makes a minute assessment of various aspects of the student knowledge base and presents them graphically in the reports. The reports are very useful for the comparative assessment.
Principal, Somerville school, Greater Noida
…undoubtedly, IAS is an excellent and independent evaluation of skills. It is ideally suited for International school students.
Nitu Bakshi, Co-coordinator, Delhi Public School, Mathura Road
…enabled the students to compete with children all over the world. It was an enriching experience, which helped them to gain a lot of confidence.
K Gogia, salwan Public School, Rajender Nagar
…were indeed beneficial as they gave a detailed evaluation of the strengths and weakness of students in a particular subject.
Seema Sahay, Principal, Ryan International School, Ghaziabad
…an excellent parameter for judging whether a student has actually grasped the concepts taught and is able to apply them. The detailed results and result analysis provided are an extremely helpful tool as they indicate both strengths and weaknesses thereby enabling the school in working on the weak areas of its students in a particular skill.
Poonam Vig, Hansraj Public School, Panchkula
…this type of examination will enable to improve their analytical skill, their knowledge and make them up their efficiency level. Questions were thought provoking.
Secretary, Athena Public School, Banglore
…is an execleent system of testing intelligence, skill and concept of the child and not merely his or her power of retention or diligence.
M Bhatacharyay, Headmistress, Dolna Day SchoolTrust, Kolkata
…creates no exam phobia and the child is able to answer without performance pressure. It is a wonderful and relaxed way of getting to know the child’s positive traits and which are the areas she has to show improvement in.
M Bhagat, Headmistress, Junior Section, Mahadevi Birla Girls’Higher Secondary School, Kolkata
…very first exposure to the global educational assessment system, a beginning that every aspiring student requires.
Ram Mohan Mission High School, Kolkata
…was indeed of great help to the target group. The heterogeneous task package gave new concepts on their abilities and skills.
Prabha Dastidar, Principal, Army School narangi, Guwahati
…found the test not only intelligent but thought-provoking. The results were carefully compiled and useful. We have decided to conduct the test again this year.
Maya Choudhuy, Principal, Maria’s Public School, Guwahati
…question papers were comprehensive keeping in mind the varied capabilities and skills of the children. I have recommended the question pattern to the Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education.
Tyrol D’Brass, Principal, Sherwood School, Tura, Meghalaya
…were an eye opener for the children and teachers. It was an objective assessment of the analytical, numerical and language skills of the students. It drew the best out of the children.
Diana Sangma, Principal, Greenyard School, Williamnagar, Meghalaya
…follows a unique and comprehensive system of testing and evaluation which enables the participating schools to assess them in comparison to the international standard.
S Bose, Principal, St Stephens School, Guwahati
…found to be a successful effort in testing the students on a vast area of knowledge. Therefore, we have decided to hold the exams this year also.
P K Singh, Principal, Vidya Mandir,English Medium High School and Junior College, Narangi, Guwahati
…taken part in the IAS for the last 3 years and found that our children really benefit from exposure to the challenging questions that are set. The detailed feedback is given to us is particularly useful for the teachers to help the students better their performance. Most of our children who are eligible participate in these exams each year form our school.
N K Sharma, Principal, Al Khor International School, Qatar
…the only word that I can visualize is ‘FANTASTIC’, I thank Educational Assessment Australia and Macmillan for providing our children with a world-class assessment opportunity.
S Yunus H Abidi, Exam In-Charge, Delhi Private School, Sharjah
…performance of our students has been quite satisfactory. I would suggest that we need to make IAS more popular among the students and teachers.
S Ilango, Principal, Indian Community School, Kuwait
…students of our school urge us to thank you sincerely for the efforts taken by you for bringing to them IAS. They feel that they have benefited a quite deal from these examinations. Our students look forward to the next exam in 2008 with much interest.
Ms P. Pakkiarajah, Principal, Kingston College International, Sri Lanka
…a wonderful opportunity to the children for the participating in a global exam and testing their conceptual skills in Science, English, Math’s and Computer. It was a good idea to let the students know their area of weakness and give the school a comparative study of the students.
Mr Patrick Perera, Foreign Examination Department, Rotary International School, Sri Lanka
…International Assessments for Schools conducted by University of New South Wales has maintained a high profile of academic probity and lived up to the expectations and trust reposed in it. The areas of assessment and the types of questions asked help to bring forth the cognitive, reasoning, interpretive, objective and problem solving skills of the pupils.
Mrs. Asha Sharma, Indian Educational School, Kuwait
…very happy with the test results and how they were given. We found the way they showed the results very easy to read and very helpful. The way they had broken the questions up into areas of the subject was great for our curriculum development and knowing what our students' strengths and weaknesses are.
Mrs Fiona Hall, Admissions Manager, Coordinator of Student Services, International School Dhaka, Bangladesh
…Getting the medal was a great joy and a priviledge. 16th February is one day I will never forget in my life. Next year I hope to get all four prizes. As for the papers they are pretty tough but there is a thrill in answering the challenge. This year the prize was an added pleasure.
Shayak Bhattacharya. Class VIII, Dolna Day School Trust Regional Topper in Mathematics and State Topper in Maths, English & Science in IAIS 2005
…IAIS helped to make my basic concepts clear and strong. The type of the questions asked in IAIS is different from the other exams. The basic content of the question is already given; we have to just apply the given concepts to get the answer. As it focuses on application type questions rather than the mugging up ones, my analytical power was tested. Even the logical thinking and reasoning ability of a student is tested. IAIS has helped me a lot, and its experience is extremely beneficial for future competitive exams.
Prafulla Sushil Dhariwal, Class VII Dr Kalmadi Shamrao High School, Pune
…With pride we acknowledge the receipt of your letter and Gold medal sent to my son, Master.Varun Shijo on his achievement of becoming topper in “Science Class 5” in international Assessments for India Schools. This has helped Varun reinforce his confidence and triggered an enthusiasm to look out for more opportunities and challenges. …Gold medal is so beautifully designed it would be a gross flaw on out part if we miss to mention that.
Shijo Rabi & Anitha Shijo (Varun’s parents)