Accurately estimate your students’ ATARs and improve their final scores.
The Post Secondary Academic Measure (PSAM) ATAR analysis platform gives schools the most rigorous senior-secondary insights available.
It breaks down the complex process of scaling and ATAR calculation into clear, actionable insights, helping you understand, forecast and influence ATAR results with confidence.
How educators use PSAM to shape stronger ATAR outcomes
Precisely forecast ATAR, HSC/VCE/QCE & IB scores
Generate reliable ATAR and subject scaling forecasts for Years 11 and 12 to pinpoint where early intervention will have the greatest impact.
Demystify score scaling
See exactly how subject scaling affects ATAR calculations and gain the clarity you need to guide student subject selections and course design.
Measure the impact of teaching
Analyse performance at course, class, and school levels to understand their impact on ATAR outcomes, then use those insights to set improvement goals and refine teaching strategies.
Help leadership make informed decisions
Provide leaders with crucial performance data that helps them make instructional changes, allocate resources, adjust support structures and more.
Access every key performance metric
Unlike other tools, the PSAM platform offers unmatched flexibility and interactivity, allowing you to drill down into every metric to uncover what truly drives performance.
Access one system for all crucial reports
View all essential performance reports in one easy-to-use platform, saving time and giving you a complete view of how every subject, class, and student is performing.
“PSAM helps us understand where to focus our efforts. It’s a valuable resource for making informed leadership and instructional decisions. I wouldn’t run a school without it.”
Vittoria Lavorato
Principal, St. Patrick’s College
Subjects and skills that are included in PSAM analysis
To provide the most rigorous senior secondary insights available, our ATAR analysis platform uses assessment data for every subject.
This includes English, Mathematics, the separate sciences, Geography and Economics, as well as extension courses, VET courses and any other course that contributes to ATAR.
How our ATAR analysis platform works
PSAM takes your school’s senior-secondary student assessment data, applies the same scaling and calculation rules used in ATAR determination, and produces visual, interactive reports.
These reports allow you to drill down by subject, class, or cohort to uncover what’s driving performance, forecast future outcomes, and test the impact of potential changes.
Key reports that help you improve ATAR scores
The PSAM ATAR analysis platform provides many reports that allow a wide breadth of analysis of student assessment data.
These are some key reports that provide rich insights and help lift ATAR outcomes for your school.
Forecast ATAR outcomes with confidence
For schools testing with AAS at Year 10, PSAM now projects ATAR outcomes based on your school’s typical value-add, helping you anticipate cohort performance and plan targeted support early.
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Analyse subject performance
and optimise for ATAR
Compare course marks and subject results year-on-year to identify strengths and inform improvement strategies.
Compare year-on-year performance to inform teaching
Analyse longitudinal trends to evaluate whether your strategies have been working and where refinement is needed.
See how much each subject contributed to ATAR scores
Learn which subjects had the biggest impact on ATAR and optimise them to achieve better results.
See department performance at a glance
Get instant insights into how English, Maths, Science, and other departments are performing, to target improvement where they are needed most
Evaluate course performance with heatmaps
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Easily track long-term progress
Track progress over time with the 5-Year Longitudinal Z-Score Chart. Compare your school’s mean against the state mean with percentile context and clear visual interpretation tools.
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Find your insights faster
Access crucial data insights more easily with our streamlined menus and layouts. Key charts are just a click away.
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Ensure HoDs access the right data
In response to your feedback, Heads-of-Departments now see only the data relevant to their areas — maintaining privacy while preserving valuable insight.
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Get support from educators who understand your world
PSAM isn’t just a platform — it comes with personalised support from experienced educators who understand the realities of senior schooling, shaped by decades in classrooms and leadership roles.
Hands-on onboarding tailored to your school’s assessment approach
Professional learning workshops that build staff data capability
Ongoing guidance to embed data-driven practices that lift results
Frequently asked questions
PSAM is a subscription product, and its pricing varies depending on cohort size and the services you need. Please contact us to chat about your requirements.
PSAM uses data from AAS placement tests, NAPLAN tests, State Curriculum Authority reports, University Admission Centre reports and internal school performance data.
Yes – 12 months is our minimum subscription period.
PSAM works for any school delivering the senior state credentials of HSC, VCE, QCE or IB.
Yes – we can provide a 6-month free trial using your own school’s data, which shows firsthand how your can forecast, compare, and influence ATAR results to improve senior students’ outcomes.
Yes, you can create individual logins for staff members, which can be assigned to either of these groups:
- School leaders
- Heads-of-Departments
Yes – users can be assigned to one of two groups, which dictates what reports and data they can access:
- School leaders
- Heads-of-Departments
Typically not, however we may be able to provide a solution depending on your needs. Please contact us for more information.
You can access your PSAM reports via the “Log in” link in the top right of this page, or by going directly to the reporting portal here.
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