Interpreting and Using ePIPS(P3,5,7)

Feedback

Glasgow 13th February 2013

Session Overview

• ePIPS Assessment in years P3 P5 and P7- What is in the assessment

- Example questions

• Assessment Feedback

• Making the most of your Feedback

Adaptive Assessment• Item difficulty of assessment items is determined

in terms of age equivalence

• First assessment item is determined by the age of the child minus 2 years

• Subsequent assessment items are dependent on the child’s responses

ePIPS Assessment

Available for P3, P5 and P7

ePIPS• For children aged 5 to 11• Adaptive• Modular• Pupils operate their own computer• Can be sat by a whole class at once• Assessment once a year• Assessment at a set time of the year• Feedback available within 3 weeks

What is in the assessment?• Reading

- Word recognition, decoding, comprehension

• Maths- Number 1, number 2, measures shapes

and space, data handling

• Developed Ability- Picture vocabulary, non verbal ability, attitudes

Reading

Word Recognition – Select the word spoken from a choice of five high or medium frequency words on the screen.

Word Decoding - Select the word spoken from a choice of five nonsense or unfamiliar words on the screen. Understanding of the way the English language works e.g. the sound ‘gh’ makes.

Comprehension – The pupil reads through a passage and, when given a choice of three words, must select the word that fits into the sentence most appropriately.

Numbers 1 – covers counting, informal arithmetic, partitioning and place value, fractions or decimals.

Maths

Numbers 2 – sorting, patterns, formal arithmetic, problem solving and algebra.

Measures, Shape and Space – covers naming and describing common 2d and 3d shapes and their mathematical features.

Data – interpreting charts, tables and lists of data.

Picture Vocabulary – The pupil hears a word and selects the picture that best represents that word from a choice of five pictures on the screen.

Developed Ability

Non-verbal ability – A pattern appears on the left hand side of the screen and the pupil must then find the corresponding pattern within a larger pattern on the right hand side of the screen. The pattern may have been translated in position but will not have been rotated or reflected.

Attitudes towards School, Reading and Maths.

Session timings• Reading (20 - 25 minutes)• General Maths (20 - 25 minutes)• Developed Ability(20 - 25 minutes)

Feedback from ePIPS

Assessment

ePIPS Scores Table

Mean of 50

Context score is a weighted average of the picture vocab and non verbal ability scores giving an

independent measure of a child's ability

Prior is the previous Pips score. An established

measure of ability.

Grade Percentage

A 10%

B 15%

C 50%

D 15%

E 10%

National Grades

Grades

Value-added Scatter Plot

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Negative value added

Positive value added

Context Score

Value Added – Are a pupil’s scores good bad

or neither?

Negative (- or --) • Child has made less

progress than expected

Average (0) • Child has made progress

comparable with other children of that age and ability

Positive (+ or ++) • Child has made more

progress than expected

++ 10%

+ 15%

- 15%-- 10%

Scatter Graphusing Context score

Context Score

Average 50%

Have pupils achieved in line with their developed ability?

Value added

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Scatter Graphusing Prior score

Have pupils progressed in line with other pupils who have taken another Pips test?

Pupils who have made MORE progress.

Pupils who have made LESS progress than others who have done the test again.

Attitudes

IDEAS +

Free Excel based software to help you make more of your feedback

IDEAS +Group Grids

Designed to help you explore the relationship between prior and concurrent value-added and how they can be used

together to give more information about each pupil

Probably on track before. Making

excellent progress and are now further ahead

Group Grids

Tracks the average score for a cohort or pupil over a number of years

Averages can be shown for:• Year Groups• Boys/Girls• Custom Groups

Single points can be plotted for• Individual pupils

IDEAS +Longitudinal Tracking

Tracks the average score for a year group over several years

Latitudinal Tracking