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]