1. Yr 7 Parents Forum: Introduction to MidYIS West Island School October 2013

2.  Middle Years Information System  Run by Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring @ Durham University.  50% UK schools, many International Schools.  1.3 Million Students  250K students per year do MidYIS MidYIS

3.  Assessed by a computer adaptive test that take 1 hour  Measures developed ability rather than taught curriculum  No preparation is required for the test  Components are vocabulary (words and phrases) maths (numeracy) non-verbal (spatial/3d) skills (proof reading and perceptual speed and accuracy)  School and students’ test performances are compared to a nationally representative sample.  Provide measures of relative performance at (I)GCSE and at end of KS3 (‘value added data’) – baseline test  Assessment data from the test components provides valuable information to support teaching and learning, target setting and subsequent monitoring MidYIS : key elements

4. Computer adaptive?

5. Bands, percentiles, standardised scores… Standardised scores D C B A 105203014090958070996050 Percentiles: