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LANTITE results: when they come out and how to read them

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) releases LANTITE results on a set date for each test window, in your online candidate account. For each component of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) you get a statement that says whether you met the standard, which is broadly the top 30% of the adult population. There’s no fixed pass mark, because the number of right answers you need changes with each version of the test.

  • 3Bands on each statement of results
  • NeverWhen a met result expires
  • Not publishedPass mark as a number or percentage

When are LANTITE results released?

2027 windowResults out
Window 1Week ending 25 March 2027
Window 2Week ending 17 June 2027
Window 3Week ending 16 September 2027
Window 4Week ending 9 December 2027

You get a message in your ACER account when your LANTITE results are ready to download, and results from earlier windows stay there too. ACER won’t release results early for anyone, because every window’s results go through psychometric analysis and quality checks first.

Is there a LANTITE pass mark?

Not one you can aim for. The questions differ between test versions to keep the test secure, so ACER sets each result against the standard rather than a fixed score, and it says it can’t give a number of questions or a percentage needed. ACER’s results pages don’t give a pass rate either.

Reading your statement of results

Each statement says “Standard achieved” or “Standard not achieved”, and plots your result as a dot on a scale with three bands. A dot above the solid line means you met the standard.

BandWhat it means
Band 1Below the test standard
Band 2At and above the test standard
Band 3Clearly above the test standard

The literacy statement also shows your band for reading and for technical skills of writing. The numeracy statement shows number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability, plus your results with and without the calculator. If you’re below the standard in a part, the statement lists the skills that would move you up a band.

ACER’s Described Proficiency Scale explains the skills in each band, with example questions.

If you didn’t meet the standard

You only re-sit the component you missed, in a later window, and pay the single-component fee. A pass in one part of a component doesn’t carry over, so you sit the whole component again. ACER suggests asking your university for support before you register again.

ACER doesn’t take appeals against results or re-mark tests, and it can’t give special consideration for illness or a bad day. If something goes wrong during a session, tell the supervisor or online proctor at the time and email ACER the same day, so it can look into it within that window.

Who else sees your results

When you register, you agree that ACER can share your results with the higher education provider you’re enrolled in or plan to enrol in, tertiary admissions centres and the teacher regulatory authorities, which the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) lists by state and territory. Your university passes them on to the regulator, and if you’ve graduated, a regulator can check them with ACER. Government education departments get them only in de-identified form.

Your name, date of birth and university can’t be changed on a statement once results are out, so get any changes made in your account before you sit.

Sources: ACER and 5 more. Checked October 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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