PrepNest
Free diagnostic test

Find out exactly where your child needs help.

Your child sits a short test on screen in one subject at their year level. You get a clear report of what they are confident with, the specific skills to work on and how to help at home — and practice papers on the areas to work on, to sit on screen or print.

  • Free test and full report
  • About 20–35 minutes
  • No account needed to start

1Your child’s year level

Primary

Secondary

VCE

2The subject

How it works

  1. Step 1

    The test

    One question at a time, on screen. Then a few follow-up questions chosen from the answers, to check anything that could go either way.

  2. Step 2

    The report

    Every area of the subject, weakest first: the skills answered right and wrong, how firm each result is, and three ways to help at home.

  3. Step 3

    Practice papers

    Papers built only on the areas to work on, new every time — sat on screen or printed with an answer key. Three a month in the plan; $20 each for VCE.

  4. Step 4

    Re-test

    A few weeks later, sit it again. It never repeats a question, and the report shows each area going up, down or holding steady.

Built not to over-read a short test

A child can miss a question they know. So the test never turns one wrong answer into a weakness:

  • Every result says how firm it is. Each area is a clear result, likely, or an early sign, depending on how many questions back it up. An early sign is never called a weakness.
  • Unsettled results get more questions. After the first part, the test asks again where the answer could still go either way, and asks a second question on any skill missed once, to tell a slip from a gap.
  • Luck is left out. Answers your child marks as a guess, and answers tapped in a couple of seconds, count in the score but not as evidence.
  • Re-tests add up. Each sitting is combined with the ones before it, so the picture firms up — and shows progress — over time.

It is a snapshot from a short test, not a formal assessment or a comparison with other children.

Questions parents ask