CEM Assessments in the Early Years Dr Chris Jellis Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring .

CEM Assessments in the Early Years

Dr Chris Jellis

Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring

www.cem.org

CEM Assessments in the Early Years

• ASPECTS– Nursery Assessment

• PIPS– Reception Baseline – KS1 Baseline (For Year One)

ASPECTS Nursery Assessment

ASPECTS What is Covered?

• Reading– Ideas about reading, letters, words

• Maths– Ideas about maths, numbers, addition, subtraction

• Phonological awareness– Repeats

Feedback• ASPECTS

– Raw scores– Scatter plot– Progress scatter plot

Start Scores

Start Scatter Graph

Start and End Scores

End Scatter Graph

What are we trying to find out?

• An early measure of:– Overall pupil ability– Strengths and weaknesses– The spread of ability within the group

• Followed by:– A measure of pupil progress– Value added– Key Stage 1 Chances– Attitudes to Maths, Reading and School

PIPS Reception Assessment

PIPS Baseline What is Covered?

• Reading– Ideas about reading, letters, words, sentences

• Maths– Ideas about maths, numbers, addition, subtraction

• Phonological awareness– Repeats and rhymes

• Attitudes

PIPS Reception Feedback

• Start of Year– Scores Table *– Stacked Bar Charts *– Box and whisker plot *

* Also in KS1 Baseline Feedback

Start of Reception Scores Table

maths reading phonics total maths reading phonics total

Lucy Lemon 10 15 1 25 37 38 Under 40 37

Stephen Strawberry 19 21 2 40 45 45 41 45

Gilbert Grape 13 30 2 43 40 53 41 47

Richard Rhubarb 19 28 1 47 45 52 Under 40 48

Mike Melon 27 21 2 48 53 45 41 49

David Date 25 26 2 51 51 50 41 50

Oliver Orange 27 27 2 54 53 51 41 52

Quentin Quince 26 30 2 56 52 53 41 53

Wendy Watermelon 29 27 3 56 55 51 44 53

Usworth Ugli 34 26 3 60 61 50 44 54

Jeremy Juniper 32 31 2 63 58 54 41 55

Kalvinder Kiwi 31 32 1 63 57 55 Under 40 55

Yolanda Yakhontowoye 31 33 2 64 57 55 41 56

Zen Zucchini 27 37 3 64 53 57 44 56

Patricia Pear 25 40 5 65 51 59 49 56

Terry Tomato 30 35 2 65 56 56 41 56

Veronique Voavanga 38 37 5 75 66 57 49 60

Ned Nectarine 28 53 2 81 54 63 41 62

Bethany Banana 28 55 3 83 54 64 44 62

Charlie Clementine 32 54 5 86 58 64 49 63

Xavier Xigua 42 57 15 99 72 65 Over 60 68

Adam Apple 41 59 1 100 70 66 Under 40 68

Ishmael Idared 38 62 6 100 66 68 52 68

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raw scores standardised scores

Start of Reception Bar Chart

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Xavier Xigua

Adam Apple

Ishmael Idared

Veronique Voavanga

Charlie Clementine

Bethany Banana

Ned Nectarine

Yolanda Yakhontowoye

Terry Tomato

Jeremy Juniper

Kalvinder Kiwi

Usworth Ugli

Zen Zucchini

Patricia Pear

Wendy Watermelon

Quentin Quince

Oliver Orange

David Date

Mike Melon

Richard Rhubarb

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Stephen Strawberry

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Start of Reception Box and Whisker

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PIPS Reception Feedback

• End of Year– Progress Line Chart– Valued added plot– Value added summary– Key Stage 1 Chances *

* Also in KS1 Baseline Feedback

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Key Stage Chances

Summary

• Quick to administer• Results returned quickly• Really useful information• Based on sound research• Full support available by email or

telephone

Thank you for your time!

Dr Chris Jellis

www.cemcentre.org