Janison expands its schools assessment portfolio by acquiring Year 11 & 12 exam specialists QATs

Victoria-headquartered QATs is an Australian market leader in the development of school assessments for Year 11 and 12 subjects, with a history of more than two decades. The business has built a digital question bank of more than 5,000 questions, as well as a 250-strong pool of highly skilled test developer and reviewer team members.

The QATs assessments provide valuable practice materials for students preparing for end-of-year exams such as HSC, VCE, QCE and SACE1. The assessments are created digitally and sent electronically to teachers and school faculties across the country.

The acquisition increases Janison’s share of the Australian schools market and broadens its product portfolio and cross-sell opportunities. QATs’ tests serve a segment of the schools’ assessment market which is least discretionary – testing for year 11 and 12 students.

At a future point when high-school certificate exams (HSC, VCE, etc.) transition online from pen-and-paper, Janison will be well-placed to provide the Janison Insights test player environment – the same experience as NAPLAN Online, NSW Check-In, VALID, Best Start and the Australian Science Innovation exams – all running on the same online platform.

Janison’s CEO David Caspari said: “Ever since our acquisition of ICAS in 2020, our business has been on a journey to accumulate a suite of world-class assessments for the schools market, allowing Janison to pair its tried-and-tested assessment platform technology with a broad content portfolio of school products. This enables us to provide teachers, parents, schools and education systems with invaluable data on which to aid learning, effectively allocate resources, and ultimately unlock the potential in every learner.”