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Yr 7 Parents Forum:
Introduction to MidYIS
West Island School
October 2013
Middle Years Information System Run by Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring
@ Durham University. 50% UK schools, many International Schools. 1.3 Million Students 250K students per year do MidYIS
MidYIS
Assessed by a computer adaptive test that take 1 hour Measures developed ability rather than taught curriculum No preparation is required for the test Components are vocabulary (words and phrases) maths (numeracy) non-verbal (spatial/3d) skills (proof reading and perceptual speed and
accuracy) School and students’ test performances are compared to a
nationally representative sample. Provide measures of relative performance at (I)GCSE and at
end of KS3 (‘value added data’) – baseline test Assessment data from the test components provides
valuable information to support teaching and learning, target setting and subsequent monitoring
MidYIS : key elements
Computer adaptive?
Bands, percentiles, standardised scores…
0
50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
Standardised scores
DC B
A
10
5 20
30
1 40
90
95
80
70
99
60
50
Percentiles:
D C B A0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
7
20
28
45
Overall: Percent in each BandYear 7 MidYIS Test
Per
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