Case Studies

Using and Analysing InCAS data to inform teaching & learning

This case study outlines in practical terms one school’s approach to managing their InCAS assessments and then analysing and using their feedback data to assist their teaching and planning.

We have focused on St. Ita’s Primary School in Belfast – a large school where 210 pupils sat all available InCAS assessments in the Autumn of 2009.

The case study hopes to highlight how effective analysis and use of InCAS feedback data can inform the planning of teaching and learning as well as inform school development planning at class, year group and whole school level – with the ultimate aim to ensure that all pupils are making appropriate progress and reach their learning potential.

Planning the use of InCAS in your classroom

These 4 case studies have been produced to assist principals, senior management teams and teachers as they plan the use of InCAS computer based assessments in their classrooms. All of the principals and teachers who have been filmed have used InCAS personally with their own pupils.

We have focused on 4 medium and small schools with a mixture of teaching and non-teaching principals, composite and non-composite classes and rural and urban locations. One of our schools, Bocombra Primary School, has a cluster group of 10 C2K networked computers. The others, Lambeg, and St. Joseph’s (Strangford) primary schools worked with 2 C2k networked computers in their classrooms.