We made a decision last year to introduce Midyis baseline testing for all our secondary schools for a test which all S2 pupil sit. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been analysing the data and its has thrown up some very interesting results.
Such has been the success that we have now agreed to use the PIPs test for P5 and are now piloting a pre-school test.
All this data will allow us to identify any pupils who are obviously operating below their potential and enable us to actively track progress over their school career. Such information supplements the on-going assessments and judgements made by teachers.
We used Midyis at Dunbar Grammar School and it provided valuable supplementary information for parents and pupils when it came to course choice in terms if offering an accurate prediction of likely attainment at Standard Grade.
This example comes from New Zealand who have been using Midyis for many years:
Did you find any problems in using MiDYis in the Scottish context?
We’ve been using MidYisfor 5 years. We introduced it for all our secondary schools last year. The predictions are incredibly accurate and proved to be more reliable than S2 subject teacher predictions about S4 performance.