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Additional Services
To ease the administrative burden of the testing and scoring process,
GL Assessment offers a range of additional options:
Overprinting Services – This involves the printing of candidate name,
date of birth and other details such as Pupil Registration Number or
School Number on to the OMR (Optical Mark Registration) sheets.
The benefits of this include shorter testing times, accurate readable
information and it also speeds up the electronic scoring process.
Administration Service – If schools require complete impartiality from
the testing sessions, GL Assessment can arrange for experienced
educationalists to administer the tests to groups on site.
Registration Services – GL Assessment offers a hassle free online
registration system that operates on our secure online testing platform,
Testwise. This can help reduce the high levels of administration facing
schools
Scoring – To save time GL Assessment offers a quick and reliable
scoring service that produces accurate results and reports within a
maximum of 15 working days after receipt of tests. Results are sent
electronically in Excel/ CSV and/or PDF format and so can be imported
into your school’s Management Information System. Our scoring service
guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the marking,
interpretation, analysis and calculation of scores
Data Interpretation Services – A range of data interpretation services
are available. The most popular of which involves the analysis of test
results against admission criteria that a school or authority has in place
and the subsequent banding of results so that customers can see
immediately which candidates have been successful in their application
and which have not made selection. Information can be supplied as raw
data or as a report. Data interpretation services are also available for
customised tests such as target setting or evaluation effectiveness of
literacy or numeracy initiatives. Data interpretation can help you identify
information and embed it fully into ongoing teaching and learning
practices.
Standardisation – Customers can choose to have their results
standardised. GL Assessment can organise the production of
conversion tables based on your own local data, providing samples
include at least 300 children. Local standardisation can have an
advantage over national standardisation in that it is completely
independent from the state run system, and that it allows local decisions
to be made based on local results that are not influenced by national
data. Results can also provide a much higher level of differentiation
giving finer detail on where to set a cut-off point. In some cases, national
standardisation may be more appropriate.
For further information on our premium test design services or to
arrange a visit from one of our consultants to discuss your
customised testing requirements in more detail, please contact
one of our consultants (see pages 4–5 for more details)
Familiarisation materials
Where tests are being used to aid decisions on admissions there
is a strong argument that children should be provided with a
good grounding in the format and type of questions they are
likely to face before sitting the tests themselves. GL Assessment
can supply different kinds of material for this purpose.
There is a broad range of familiarisation materials, including the
Official 11+ Practice Papers Series.
Find your Area Consultant on pages 4–5 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk 9