What InCAS assesses How it interacts What the children see Managing the assessments Feedback formats Peter Olsen CEM Conference Oct 2012 InCAS

CD supplied to install onto stand-alone PCs or networks Age-range: 6 – 11 years Administration: Any time of year Assess whole class at once Feedback: Immediate [almost – 24 hrs], age-related scores and diagnostic profile What’s in the box?

Picture Vocabulary Non-verbal ability Attitudes Word recognition Word decoding Text comprehension Spelling Mental arithmetic General maths What does InCAS assess? Developed Ability

Individual approach LowAverageHigh How a teacher might do it…

Traditional approach LowAverageHigh The non-interactive method

Computer-adaptive assessment Easy Difficult Age 1 st Question X X X X XX X X

Let’s take a look at some examples of the actual assessments and how they are presented to the children … [Note to self – open up INCAS ADMIN section] What the children see

Ideally, you need: A calm, focused, atmosphere in the room The children to be expectant – not excited consider the “trickle method” A copy of the passwords sheet as tick sheet One person overseeing the assessments A second person who can keep an eye on children whose minds may wander during assessments 2 of you to go through the instructions for uploading the data together! Running the Assessments

Downloading Feedback Link to CEM site

Feedback Formats Let’s take a look at some examples of actual feedback and how they can be manipulated. [Note to self – open up MSExcel]