The Educational Research Centre has completed work on a Scoring System that generates reports on the performance of pupils taking the following tests:
- Drumcondra Primary Reading Test
- Drumcondra Primary Mathematics Test
- Triail Ghaeilge Dhroim Conrach do Scoileanna Rialta (English-medium Schools)
- Triail Ghaeilge Dhroim Conrach do Scoileanna Gaeltachta agus Lán-Ghaeilge
The Scoring System should operate on PCs/laptops that run Windows XP(SP3), Vista or Windows 7, with at least 1GB of Ram and screen resolution of at least 1024 X 768. It is distributed on a memory key and is password-protected, with a unique password issued to each school.
The Scoring System produces the following reports for English reading, mathematics and Gaeilge:
- Individual Pupil Reports that give a summary of a pupil’s performance over several years
- Class Reports that summarise the performance of each pupil in a class during the current school year, as well as average class performance; for mathematics, performance on content areas and processes skills is included as well as overall performance.
- A School Report that summarises the performance of all pupils at each class level in a school as well as across all classes. This report is designed for schools compiling data to submit to the Department of Education and Skills, as outlined in Circular 0052/2011.
Key features:
- Once the System database has been loaded to a central server, the System can be accessed by multiple users so one copy per school should be sufficient.
- The System can be accessed at Administrator or User (Teacher) level.
- Pupils identified as exempted do not contribute to class averages or distributions of sten scores.
- Pupil names can be imported (or exported) on a spreadsheet, using existing electronic records.
- Separate reports are generated for each class, as well as across classes (e.g., all First classes in a school)
- Performance is represented graphically so that schools can interpret performance with reference to the theoretical normal curve.
Additional information, including the Scoring System Manual, can be found at www.erc.ie/tests
Communication with the Centre concerning technical issues is by e-mail only at scoring@erc.ie
