Cardiff-based software program firm Method4 has expanded the obtainable Welsh Authorities Personalised Assessments for college pupils in years 2-9 and is now creating comparable software program to be used by public our bodies within the US and Center East.
Method4 works in a consortium to ship the evaluation software program and framework in Wales, which was rolled out in 2018. The corporate offers the web platform for the scheduling and supply of the assessments, together with the framework for delivering the reviews. The software program initially launched with procedural maths, and Method4 and its associates have now launched maths reasoning and English language studying to the suite of assessments.
The assessments for pupils in Years 2 to 9 are statutory and may be taken all through the college yr. The assessments are adaptive, which means the extent of problem is adjusted based mostly on every pupil’s efficiency. They supply age-standardised scores and reviews to help with the planning of instructing and studying. Mother and father are additionally capable of see how their youngster is performing.
Method4 is now additionally creating comparable software program to be used by different governments. It will likely be used for medical college students’ assessments within the US and Center East, and alternatives are being explored to adapt it to be used by different instructional our bodies internationally.
Method4 has grown considerably over the previous 5 years, from a staff of 30 to a staff of fifty, and is now actively recruiting software program builders, staff leaders, enterprise analysts, scrum masters and agile software program builders. Its public physique shoppers embrace the Welsh Authorities, Senedd/Welsh Parliament, the WJEC and Schooling Scotland. Industrial shoppers embrace Sony, VocaLink, Mastercard, Pay.UK and LINK.
Neil Huggins operations director for Method4, mentioned:
“We’re happy to have expanded on the work we do for the Welsh Authorities Personalised Assessments and to be creating comparable software program to be used internationally. This software program streamlines the evaluation course of and it’s adaptive, so it creates a personalised check to go well with the power of every candidate. There may be nice potential to utilise it in different evaluation settings and that’s what we’re at the moment doing with the US and Center East.”
