NFER Online Assessments (NOA) Glossary

Modified on Fri, 3 Jan at 11:38 AM

Establishment

The School of which the NOA account will belong to.

Learners

The Establishment’s pupils undertaking one or more NOA assessments.

NOA Establishment Portal

The area of NOA where Admin and Establishment Teachers can administer all purchased NOA products, including:

adding and amending existing staff and learners (in the case of Establishment Administrators)
updating class lists
launching assessments
viewing assessment data and reports via the NOA Reporting Tool.

NOA Learner Portal

The area of NOA where learners undertake the NOA tests.

NOA Reporting Tool

The assessment reporting function that sits within the NOA Establishment Portal and where Establishment Administrators/Teachers can view data and reports based on completed NOA assessments.

This is not to be confused with the “NFER Tests Analysis Tool” which is a separate tool used to record results and view assessment data and reports for NFER's paper-based assessments.

Establishment Administrator

A user with full access and permissions to the NOA Establishment Portal who can add, edit, and delete staff and learners from within their Establishment. They can also allocate learners to assessments, print passcodes, launch assessments and view the NOA Reporting Tool.

Establishment Teacher

A user with access to the NOA Establishment Portal who can allocate learners to assessments, print passcodes, launch assessments, and view the NOA Reporting Tool. They will not be able to add/amend/delete staff and learners.

KS2

Key Stage 2.

Assessment

This refers to the complete set of 'Tests' within a particular subject, for example, a Maths Assessment for KS2 will comprise of three 'Tests'.

Test

An individual test being a component of an assessment e.g., Maths: Mathematical Reasoning – Paper 2.

Token

A credit equivalent to the value of one assessment per learner.

Subscription

A product option for customers who want to subscribe to one year’s/three years’ worth of NOA assessments. Each Subscription will cover the subject (Maths or Reading) and the three terms within the academic year (Autumn, Spring, and Summer).

User License

A credit equivalent to one assessment per pupil for subscription customers.