All children who sit the Academic Selective Entrance Test will receive an emailed performance report at the end of May. Offers of placement come later in mid-June.
Academic Selective Entrance Test performance reports
In 2023, more than 5,500 students in Years 6, 8, 9 and 10 completed the Academic Selective Entrance Test (ASET). ASET performance reports were emailed at the end of May.
Performance reports are not supplied for Arts testing processes, however you can request feedback for individual workshops by email at gtsu@education.wa.edu.au.
- Academic Selective Entrance Test (ASET)
- Reading the ASET Performance Report
- Minimum entrance scores
- Preference changes
- Requesting a results check for the ASET
The ASET is comprised of four individual tests, each one designed to assess different skills, strategies and higher-order thinking in a specific context, for example, working scientifically, thinking mathematically or reading for analysis.
Test items are designed to be difficult and it is unlikely for any applicant to achieve the maximum score in any test. All test questions are trialled and evaluated to ensure their efficacy in identifying the most suitable students.
The ASET is vastly different from, and much more complex than, school-based assessments. NAPLAN provides specific measure of skill ability and cannot be compared to ASET results.
An example of an ASET performance report
We will send an email containing your child’s ASET performance report at the end of May to the email address (or addresses) listed in your child’s application.
Your child’s report will show their scores in the 4 sub-tests which make up the ASET, as well as their total standard score (TSS) and which is the sum of these 4 scores.
Scores shown are standardised scores which are calculated by comparing individual raw scores to the entire cohort who sat the test. Standardised scores do not represent a percentage or a percentile rank.
Placement into an Academic program is based on the TSS. In order for children to be considered for Academic programs only, they must score a minimum TSS of 209.5. However, due to high competition for specific schools or programs, the actual TSS required for entry is often higher.
Your child’s TSS will determine whether they will qualify for a Languages interview for any Languages program preferences.
Consideration for Arts selection is based partly on the ASET and partly on your child’s performance in other selection tasks.
To help you understand your child’s likelihood for placement in Year 7, you can compare your child’s TSS with the minimum entrance scores that resulted in placement in previous years. These minimum entrance scores represent the very lowest score that resulted in an offer of placement for that particular program at the end of the placement process in that particular year. They do not indicate Round 1 or 2 cut-off scores which, for most programs, will tend to be higher than the eventual minimum entrance score. Minimum entrance scores for 2024 will only be known at the very end of the 2023 placement process once the last vacancy is filled.
It is important to remember that as the pool of applicants changes each year, previous scores should be used as a guide only and not as a guarantee for placement.
Note:
- This table should be applied to the Year 7 intake only. Scores for older years will vary as they depend on a much smaller amount of available vacancies.
- Schools listed in the table as ‘NA' (non-applicable) for a particular year were approved for support due to low student numbers. For more information, refer to the Applicant guidelines.
| Program | 2016 score | 2017 score | 2018 score | 2019 score | 2020 score | 2021 score | 2022 score | 2023 score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Senior High School | - | - | - | - | - | 210.0 | NA | NA |
| Alkimos College | - | - | - | - | - | 210.0 | NA | NA |
| Bunbury Senior High School | 210.62 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.0 | 210.00 | NA |
| Bob Hawke College | - | - | New in 2020 | 229.55 | 231.61 | 234.65 | 236.41 | 234.76 |
| Carine Senior High School | - | - | New in 2020 | 218.34 | 221.26 | 221.42 | 221.93 | 223.83 |
| Comet Bay College | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.0 | NA | NA |
| Duncraig Senior High School | 216.98 | 222.30 | 229.47 | 219.73 | 217.73 | 220.76 | 216.12 | 215.19 |
| Ellenbrook Secondary College | - | - | - | - | 210.00 | 210.0 | NA | NA |
| Fremantle College | New in 2017 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.0 | NA | NA |
| Governor Stirling Senior High School | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.0 | NA | NA |
| Harrisdale Senior High School | - | - | - | New in 2021 | 220.26 | 222.17 | 227.05 | 226.15 |
| Kelmscott Senior High School | 210.43 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.0 | 210.00 | NA |
| Melville Senior High School | 213.64 | 217.73 | 218.25 | 219.88 | 216.00 | 217.68 | 220.11 | 223.67 |
| Perth Modern School | 233.86 | 237.00 | 237.78 | 240.13 | 240.06 | 242.61 | 245.56 | 242.52 |
| Shenton College | 226.66 | 229.28 | 230.42 | 230.43 | 228.22 | 232.69 | 231.72 | 231.39 |
| Willetton Senior High School | 226.15 | 228.25 | 229.27 | 228.88 | 227.78 | 231.91 | 235.76 | 234.58 |
| Selective Academic Program Online (country students only) | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.0 | 210.00 | 210.00 |
The following minimum TSS was required to qualify for a languages program interview. These applicants' TSS was combined with the interview score to rank the applicant for placement.
| Program | 2016 score | 2017 score | 2018 score | 2019 score | 2020 score | 2021 score | 2022 score | 2023 score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lawley Senior High School | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.0 | 210.00 | 210.00 |
| Rossmoyne Senior High School | 220.00 | 220.00 | 220.00 | 225.00 | 225.00 | 227.0 | 227.50 | 227.50 |
Once you have received your child’s ASET performance report, you will have approximately 7 working days to change your child's preferences before the first round of offers. Options include:
- changing the order of your child's preferences
- reducing the amount of preferences
- removing one or more preferences and exchanging with another (limitations apply as below).
Preference change limitations
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Arts preference additions can be made providing the child has undertaken the necessary testing. For example, you will not be able to add the Drama program if the child has not gone through the Drama testing process.
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Languages preference additions are bound by strict deadlines for the first round of offers. As consideration for Languages requires the scheduling of an interview, preference additions after the deadline given in our key dates will be valid for the second round of offers only.
Make preference change requests in writing to gtsu@education.wa.edu.au.
Results check requests
If you want your child’s ASET total standard score (TSS) checked for accuracy, you can lodge a request for a results check of one or more components.
What is a results check?
The results check process is one of verification in which:
- a student’s data is hand-checked to ensure it is matched correctly to their test
- computer marked answer sheets are hand-checked to ensure that there were no errors in the scanning or marking processes
- examiner-marked components are reviewed by a senior examiner to ensure that the marking criteria have been appropriately applied.
In requesting a results check you acknowledge and agree to accept that your child's TSS may:
- remain the same
- be raised
- be lowered.
You can't use the results check to request an investigation into a potential misalignment or ask for a review based on illness or other incident or misadventure. This must be lodged as part of the Illness, Incident and Misadventure Review Request process within 7 days of any child’s original testing date. To find out more about this process, refer to our information on testing.
Lodge your results check requests by the deadline we provide in our email to you. This is generally 7 days from the release of ASET performance reports.