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

What InCAS assesses

How it interacts

What the children see

Managing the assessments

Feedback formats

Peter Olsen

www.cemcentre.org

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

Low Average High

How a teacher might do it…

Traditional approach

Low Average High

The non-interactive method

Computer-adaptive assessment

Easy Difficult

Age

1st Question

X X X X

X X 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]