on February 1, 2016
GOV.UK – Exemplification material for mathematics to support accurate teacher assessment at the end of key stage 1 in 2016.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on February 1, 2016
GOV.UK – Exemplification material for mathematics to support accurate teacher assessment at the end of key stage 2 in 2016.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on January 30, 2016
GOV.UK – Technical guidance on primary accountability and school-level progress measures.
Posted in Performance Data, Primary |
on January 3, 2016 | updated January 7, 2016
BBC News Education – Every pupil in England will be tested on their times tables before leaving primary school, under government plans. Pupils aged 11 will be expected to know their tables up to 12×12, and will be tested using an “on-screen check”. TES News – All pupils to sit new times table test as part […]
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on December 11, 2015
GOV.UK – This report provides guidance to schools about how to report statutory assessment outcomes for pupils working below the standard of the national curriculum tests at key stages 1 and 2. GOV.UK – Pre-key stage 1: pupils working below the test standard. GOV.UK – Pre-key stage 2: pupils working below the test standard.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on December 10, 2015
GOV.UK – Revised information on the 2015 national curriculum assessment at key stage 2, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics.
Posted in National Data, Primary |
on December 8, 2015
GOV.UK – Guidance and requirements to support schools and local authorities involved in key stage 2 teacher assessment and statutory moderation in 2016.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on December 8, 2015
GOV.UK – Guidance and requirements to support schools and local authorities involved in key stage 1 teacher assessment and statutory moderation in 2016.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on November 24, 2015
EFA training – videos from 2016 key stage 1 and key stage 2 assessment arrangements webinars plus videos for 2016 national curriculum tests and assessments, 2016 interim teacher assessment frameworks and NCA tools short user guide.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on November 6, 2015
GOV.UK – Provisional information on marking reviews for the 2015 key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on November 3, 2015
The Guardian – I can understand that you may not have had a chance to look at the 2016 sample test for key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling. It suffers from a severe case of terminology-itis.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on November 3, 2015
TES News – Ministers are to consider the introduction of more “rigorous” assessments for seven-year-olds, including a possible return to national testing. BBC News Education – Morgan: Tougher tests and top teachers in weak schools. The Telegraph – All test scores from seven-year-olds ‘to be sent to government’, under plans being considered. Review to be announced […]
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on November 2, 2015
The Guardian – Ministers are considering more rigorous assessments for seven-year-olds – including the reintroduction of national tests – as part of an overhaul of primary school appraisal to being announced by education secretary Nicky Morgan.
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on November 1, 2015
The Sunday Times – Tough new tests and assessments for England’s primary school children may be scrapped in a wide-ranging review after opposition from unions and head teachers in what many will see as a significant government U-turn.
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on November 1, 2015
TheTelegraph – More than 100,000 children who fail their primary school Sats tests every year will be forced to re-sit the assessments when they start secondary school.
Posted in Primary, Secondary, Statutory Assessment |