The comparative assessment accelerating Gap to Growth

MESHA provides comparative cohort insights to guide timely instructional action for teaching teams.

What is MESHA

The Maths, English, Science and Humanities Assessment

MESHA is a formative assessment designed to be delivered in a 40-minute sitting for Years 7-10 students.

MESHA gives schools a reliable comparison point across classes, cohorts and with like-schools.

Year levels sit the same (non-adaptive) assessment in a shared testing window, creating a clear reference point across classes and schools. The assessment insights explicitly highlight the learning gaps to enable confident instructional action within the term.

Built in partnership with Dr Greg Ashman and 14 top achieving Victorian and New South Wales secondary schools

Maths teacher

“MESHA helped us see whether students were in the right classes. We could identify students who should move up — something that wasn’t obvious from our day-to-day assessments.”

Mark Grasso, Bialik College

Head of Maths

“The misconception report turned fuzzy hunches into a concrete plan. We built spaced‑recall into lessons and set targeted tasks on percentages and fractions the same week. Seeing which classes excelled on specific questions let us surface teacher expertise. We shared the cylinder volume task across the team and lifted performance on related items.”

Ned Holland, Clonard College

Leader of Year 6 & Year 8 Mathematics

“One of the key benefits of MESHA was the detailed identification of misconceptions associated with each multiple-choice option, which provided valuable insights for refining our curriculum.”

Adelle Holmes, Ballarat Clarendon College

Head of Maths

“We identified misconceptions in the MESHA report, then deliberately targeted them in our teaching. When we assessed again later, we could actually see the progress we’d made.”

Laura Simpson, Ballarat Clarendon College

The problems MESHA addresses

Gap to Growth

There is an increasing variation in conceptual understanding amongst students. In Maths, this is estimated to be up to 7 years worth of conceptual differences within one classroom (Siemon and Virgona, 2021).

MESHA is designed to identify concept-level performance at an individual, cohort, and like-school level. Unlike existing assessment solutions that offer broad top, middle, and low band data, the explicit data provided by MESHA enables teaching teams to execute cohort interventions that address student gaps and accelerate growth in a timely manner.

How MESHA grows cohort results

Delivering actionable insights for your team

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Question-level clarity

Every incorrect answer shows what students misunderstood.

Comparative data

See performance across classes and between schools – not in isolation.

Driving instructional action

Insights delivered within 10 days of assessment window closing.

Actionable by design

Clear insights to guide your team on what to focus on next.

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Running MESHA in your school

MESHA dates 2026

Wed 19 August – Tue 1 September
‍Year 7-9 Maths (NSW Syllabus)

Thu 3 September – Wed 16 September
‍Year 7-10 Maths (Victorian Curriculum 2.0 / Australian Curriculum 9.0)

Thu 22 October – Wed 4 November
‍Year 7-10 Science (Victorian Curriculum 2.0 / Australian Curriculum 9.0)

Complete the expression of interest.

Join a leadership briefing with our team to run through MESHA and any questions.

Confirm your school’s participation in the next assessment.

Complete readiness check 2 weeks before testing window.

Administer the 40-minute online assessment within the 10-day assessment window.

Receive MESHA insights report within 10 days of assessment window closing.

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Try MESHA risk-free in 2026

Schools can opt out within 5 days of the assessment window at no charge. MESHA is available to all schools, no existing Edrolo subscription required.

FAQs

Everything you need to know about MESHA

How is MESHA different from other assessments like PAT?

MESHA is designed for instructional action, not just measurement. Unlike assessments that arrive months later or don’t allow like-for-like comparison, MESHA provides:

comparison across similar students, classes, and schools
question-level insight tied to misconceptions
reporting early enough to inform teaching decisions for the same cohort

How quickly do schools receive results?

Schools receive their MESHA reports within 10 days of the assessment window closing. This timing is deliberate to ensures insights arrives while there is still time to adjust instruction.

How much time does MESHA take to run?

MESHA is designed to fit within normal teaching schedules with minimal disruption.

The assessment is completed during class time and does not require additional preparation or marking from teachers. Once the assessment window closes, results are available within 10 days, with reporting provided in a format that supports both classroom and leadership use.

Schools typically find MESHA requires significantly less time and administrative effort than large-scale assessment cycles, while providing more meaningful and actionable insights.

What kind of data and reporting do schools receive?

MESHA provides:

question-level performance data
identified conceptual gaps
comparison across classes, year levels, and the wider MESHA cohort of schools

This supports decisions about reteaching, intervention, extension, and curriculum focus.

What subjects and year levels does MESHA cover?

In 2026 MESHA is available for Years 7-10 Maths and Science in Victoria, and Years 7-9 Maths in New South Wales. The range of subjects will be expanded further in 2027.

Is there a commitment to continue using MESHA if we sign up?

There is no obligation to continue beyond the initial MESHA assessment.

Schools can try MESHA and see whether the insight and reporting are valuable for their context before making any longer-term decisions. Participation does not lock schools into ongoing use, and MESHA can be trialled as a standalone assessment.

This approach allows leaders to evaluate MESHA risk-free, based on real data from their own students.

Is MESHA adaptive?

MESHA is intentionally not adaptive. Every student completes the same assessment in the same window, which allows for valid comparison across classes, year levels, and schools, and enables clear misconception analysis.

Do we need to be using Edrolo already to sign up to MESHA?

MESHA is available to all schools, regardless of whether they currently use Edrolo resources.

Can we compare ourselves to other schools?

Schools can see how they perform relative to the MESHA cohort, but cannot view individual school results. There are no league tables or public rankings – the focus is on insight, not competition.

How is student and school data protected?

Data is handled with strict privacy controls:

schools only see their own detailed results
no student-level data from other schools is visible
no public reporting or rankings are published

All data is handled in line with the Edrolo privacy policy. MESHA is designed to support professional judgement, not undermine it.