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Assessment - Policies and Philosophies

Measuring the progress of pupils working below expectations

Here at Insight, possibly the question we get asked most often is: "how can we measure the progress of pupils working below expectations?" Progress measures, especially measures based on teacher asse…

Updated by James Pembroke

Teacher Assessment Frameworks KS1 & KS2

We're commonly asked whether it's possible to replace a school's objective statements for years 2 and 6 with the criteria from the Teacher Assessment Frameworks for KS1 and KS2 (formerly the Interim…

Updated by Sarah Davey

Identifying pupils in the lowest 20%

Ofsted has been using quintiles as a way of categorising data for many years and is currently prioritising the achievement of pupils in the lowest 20% during inspection. Unfortunately, what constitut…

Updated by James Pembroke

The difference between standardised and scaled scores

Many schools use standardised tests from the likes of NFER, GL, Rising Stars/Hodder and Star Assessment to monitor attainment and progress of pupils, and to predict outcomes. And yet there is lot of…

Updated by James Pembroke

Using objectives' assessment data to measure pupil progress

A common question we get asked here at Insight is: can assessment data derived from tracking learning objectives be used to measure pupil progress? This is a fair question. Having spent time inputtin…

Updated by James Pembroke

A SENCOs guide to Insight

Insight is a simple yet powerful and highly customisable system that has many useful features to help you rationalise and make sense of your data. If you are a SENDCO that relies on paper records and…

Updated by James Pembroke

How we set the default standardised score thresholds in Insight

As explained in this help guide, standardised scores derived from commercially available, optional tests - those from NFER, Rising Stars, Star, GL and the like - are not the same as the scaled scores…

Updated by James Pembroke

Changes to EYFSP and Development Matters

Early Adoption of the new EYFSP Following on from the pilot of the new Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) administered by the Education Endowment Foundation between June 2018 and October 20…

Updated by James Pembroke

Tracking foundation subjects in Insight

Here at Insight we get quite a few questions about how Insight handles data for foundation subjects. Insight is capable of storing any data in any format and foundation subjects are no exception. You…

Updated by James Pembroke

Can we use pre-key stage standards to track the progress of pupils with SEND?

At Insight, we often hear from schools asking if they can use pre-key stage standards to track pupil progress. Often, they want to add the standards to their existing Main Assessment mark scheme, and…

Updated by James Pembroke

Measuring progress using 'Point in Time Assessment' (PITA) bands

Most Insight schools now use some form of 'Point In Time Assessment' model for their main (teacher) assessment whereby pupils are classed as 'expected' or 'on-track' if they are keeping pace with the…

Updated by James Pembroke

Why doesn't Insight generate 'auto-grades' from assessed objectives?

We occasionally get asked why Insight does not calculate an overall summative assessment from the objectives that have been assessed in the grids. This is something we have discussed - and it is some…

Updated by James Pembroke

Explaining discrepancies between pupil and school level FFT estimates

FFT provide schools with a number of estimates of future performance, the main ones being pupil estimates in each subject and school level summary estimate for the whole cohort. These estimates are d…

Updated by James Pembroke

End of Year Assessments and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic and the partial closure of schools have created many questions surrounding recording end of year assessments. This guide will lay out some of the options available within Insigh…

Updated by Tom Benney

Steps vs PITA: what's the difference?

Whilst Insight offers near limitless possibilities in terms of the type and format of data you can store, when it comes to recording teacher assessment there are essentially two broad approaches: Ste…

Updated by James Pembroke

COVID: Using standardised tests to baseline pupils this term

With pupils returning to school after what for many has been several months away from the classroom, teachers are understandably wondering how best to assess them on return, to measure their attainme…

Updated by James Pembroke

Reporting to Governors: getting started

Are you a headteacher or senior leader who spends too much time preparing data for governors’ meetings? It’s a common problem. But don’t worry, Insight is here to help. With a few clicks you can crea…

Updated by James Pembroke

Setting up Insight for the new EYFS Framework (2021-22)

Setting up Insight for the new EYFS framework.

Updated by Tom Benney

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