PIPS Introduction MMVII

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PIPS IntroductionMMVII
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Outline

• Introduction
• PIPS origin and purpose
• Structure of the curriculum
• Assessment and monitoring
• Value-added and IDEAS
• Interpreting feedback
• Recent research
• New assessments

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The System

• A level
• GCSE
• End of KS3
• End of KS2
• End of KS1
• FSP

ALIS
YELLIS
SOSCA
MIDYIS
INCAS
PIPS
ASPECTS
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COMBSE

• Confidential
• Measurement
• Based
• Self
• Evaluation

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General Model
Processes Teaching etc
Outputs End points
Inputs Starting points
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Layers of Information
Schools
LEAs
Classes
Brain modules
Pupils
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Basic Principles

• We predict but not perfectly
• Focus on key outcomes
• Achievement
• Attitudes - including self-esteem
• Value added
• Keep checking the impact of tests and monitoring

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Feedback

• To the teacher school ( EA)
• On
• Paper
• Download from website
• With software
• Quicker and quicker

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Right now!
One day, dear, when youve finished all your
exams, you will be able to go outside and play,
like Daddy.
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Why monitor?

• To check that things are OK
• To spot problems before they become serious
• To defend yourself!

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Normal curves and standard scores

• Normal curve and ES2.xls

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Scattergrams value-added
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Quality Assurance

• Reliability
• Validity
• Impact

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The Baseline Data
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FSP
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Lateral Thinking in the Early Years
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Assessment Domains
Cognitive
Affective
Physical
Behavioural
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Language

• A child learns a new word every 40 minutes of his
  or her waking life between the ages of 3 and 15.
• Stephen Pinker The language Instinct.

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Vocabulary Growth
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Two research examples
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KS2 Percent With Level 4
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Independent data from

• Thirteen independent studies
• Two thirds of a million assessments

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What really happened
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LAs, Schools, Teachers Pupils

• What matters most?

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Our purpose

• Not to generate research in Durham
• Facilitate a research ethos in schools
• Distributed research

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New Developments

• INCAS
• ePIPS
• Tracking over the years (IDEAS)

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Finally
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