what are PIPs tests and nfer tests?

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ds1 has aparently sat these unbeknown to us at the end of year 1 and they have been sent away to be marked.

I haven't got a clue as to what they are and it was sprung on us parents the day before the end of term so we couldn't comment on them.

I have tried googling them but come up with a lot of stuff about how good they are but no real examples of what they are.

Help please

Don't know about pips. I think nfer is probably an english test. Many schools have chn sit tests annually to measure progress.

Nfer = tests have a look at their website
here

Pips = 'progression in phonics' 15 mins a day program to teach/practise phonics.

Have a look at this article that explains the program.

here

dc's school sit them and use them to monitpor progress and potential(vs. exam results later on). They are more about cognitive recognition than a strict test of actual learning so cover comprehension, reasoning and numeracy for example. For dd in year 1 they were held as a series of quizzes over the week, so very low key . The teacher read out the questions/text and they had multiple choice answers. hth

sorry to disagree Muppetgirl but think op is referring to these

Thanks LIZS, not heard of those before!

Thanks for this

I was looking to see what sort of things they did since I had no idea how they would be assessed