on September 5, 2015 | updated September 9, 2015
GOV.UK – A video highlighting the key changes to tests and assessments for 2016 has been produced for schools with accompanying presentation. YouTube – Will Emms from the STA outlines changes to National Curriculum assessment at Key Stages 1 and 2 from 2016.
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on September 2, 2015 | updated September 5, 2015
The Scotsman – A system of national testing is to be introduced in primary schools as part of a drive for greater educational equality in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. BBC News Education – Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveils tests plan for schools. The Scotsman – Brian Wilson: School tests – when will we learn?
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on August 22, 2015
BBC News and Guardian reporting an increase in the proportion of students achieving a grade C or higher, but a slight reduction in A* grades. Meanwhile TES reporting a large drop in iGCSE English language passes.
Posted in Examinations and Qualifications, Secondary, Statutory Assessment |
on July 14, 2015
Guardian Education – Does becoming an academy improve pupils’ Sats results? That is the implication of much of the debate coming from the Department for Education, as ministers seek to drive more primary schools, in particular, into academy status. But is this argument statistically valid? Ministers may need to rein in their oft-stated enthusiasm for the controversial phonics screening check […]
Posted in Performance Data, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on July 7, 2015
GOV.UK – 2015 level thresholds for Key Stage 2 tests. See also Statutory Assessment – England.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on June 29, 2015 | updated July 7, 2015
GOV.UK – Scoring guidance, pupils’ materials and answer sheet for the 2015 phonics screening check. See also Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on June 26, 2015
TES News – Government considers plans to replace teacher assessment of KS1.
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on June 26, 2015
GOV.UK – Research into the effectiveness of schools’ phonics teaching practices.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on June 15, 2015
GOV.UK – National curriculum assessments: past papers.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on June 14, 2015
TES News – Pupils are at risk of receiving unfair and incorrect marks for their Sats exams this summer because of problems caused by the introduction of an online marking system, whistle-blowers have told TES.
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on May 7, 2015
BBC News Education – A head teacher who changed answers on pupils’ SATs test has been banned from the profession.
Posted in Assessment Matters, News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on April 14, 2015
BBC News Education – Pupils in England who get poor results in their Sats at the end of primary school will face a resit in secondary school if the Conservatives form the next government. It would mean 100,000 pupils taking a new test in English and maths during their first secondary year.
Posted in News, Primary, Secondary, Statutory Assessment |
on April 4, 2015 | updated April 14, 2015
BBC News Education – Primary pupils in England are self-harming and having panic attacks because of anxiety over national tests, research suggests. The study for the National Union of Teachers says some pupils pushed into working beyond their ability are becoming stressed and disaffected.
Posted in Assessment Matters, Examinations and Qualifications, Primary, Secondary, Statutory Assessment |
on February 26, 2015
GOV.UK – Summary of responses received and the government’s response outlining next steps.
Posted in Assessment Matters, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on January 21, 2015
Guardian Education – Serious behind-the-scenes concerns have been raised about a new assessment system scheduled to be introduced in English primary schools in September, an internal Department for Education paper warns.
Posted in Assessment Matters, News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
