EmSAT – Emirates Standardized Test The Emirates Standardized Test (EmSAT) Definition: The EmSAT is a national system of standardized computer-based tests, based on United Arab Emirates national standards. Objectives: To ensure that students are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively participate in the modern knowledge based global society. Importance of EmSAT: • Specifies the students’ performance level nationally and internationally. • Supports the Ministry of Education in evaluating the government and the private schools’ performance. • Alternative of other higher education entry tests. • Measures students’ performance improvement over the time. • Helps the government and the private schools in developing improvements plans for students’ current performance. • Helps cycle two students to select for themselves suitable education track for their cycle three level. • Helps the higher management to take decisions to improve educational system. Achieve Test: Measures grade 12 students’ skills and knowledge as they complete their general education and move to their higher education. It provides decision makers with data for college admission and placement.
University Admission Test Test description
Test objectives
Target Targeted subjects Track Type School Type
Target Targeted subjects
A Standardized Electronic Test to assess students’ skills and knowledge in targeted subjects. These online tests measure the knowledge and skills of Grade 12 students as they finish their general education and move on to higher education. They provide decision makers with data for college admission and placement.
(A) Emirati Grade 12 students Computer Science Pilot phase in 2019
Arabic English Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Compulsory for General and Advanced advanced track only All public and private schools
(B) Non-Emirati Grade 12 students Computer Science Pilot Phase / Public school or Private school (Ministry of Education curriculum)
Arabic English Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology
Track Type
Compulsory for non-UAE nationals who study in a public school or in a private school (Ministry of Education curriculum)
School Type
International curriculum: If a student will study in one of the State universities
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Mathematics Test
Physics
Arabic Test English Test
Chemistry Test Biology Test Test
Test
Test
Science Test
90
To be
120 120 minutes 120 minutes
Duration
Computer
90 minutes
minutes
90 minutes
minutes
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announced
● Atoms,
Foundation compounds ●
and mixtures
Kinemitics ● Periodic ● Grammar ●
table
● Vocabulary ● Algebra
Dynamics ● Physica and
● Geometry
● Work
● Reading Content
To be
● Writing ● Statistics
Areas
chemical To be
announced
announced
and energy properties
announced ● Sentence
● PreCalculus ● Rotation ● Solutions ● construction ● Calculus
To be
●
Gases
● Cloze ( fill Electricity ● Organic in the gaps) and
chemistry
Magnetism ● Energy, ● Modern Conservation Physics
and Force
School Types
Track Types
Non- Emirati
Advanced
Arabic English Physics Chemistry Mathematics Biology Computer Science
Arabic English Physics Chemistry Mathematics Biology Computer Science
General
Arabic English Physics Mathematics Computer Science
Arabic English Physics Mathematics Computer Science
Advanced
Arabic English Physics Chemistry Mathematics Biology Computer Science
Arabic English Physics Chemistry Mathematics Biology Computer Science
General
Arabic English Physics Mathematics Computer Science
Arabic English Physics Mathematics Computer Science
Arabic English Physics Chemistry Mathematics Biology Computer Science
Arabic English Physics Chemistry Mathematics Biology Computer Science
Government
MoE Curriculum
Private
Emirati
Non- MoE Curriculum
EmSAT
EmSAT English CEFR and IELTS Equivalencies CEFR EmSAT IELTS Academic Track
>2000
C2
1925-2000
8
1625-1975
C1
1800-1900
7.5
1250-1600
B2
1675-1775
7
875-1225
B1
1550-1650
6.5
500-850
A2
1400-1525
6
125-475
A1
1250-1375
5.5
1100-1225
5
950-1075
4.5
825-925
4
<800
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