ASSESSMENT & SATS Meeting 14th
January 2016
• ASSESSMENT
No more levels
KS1 overall level will be used to measure child’s
progress against
National expectation
Other children who got the same level
Old progress and expectation.
KS1 Level
Expected
outcome
Above
expected
outcome
W
Level 2
Level 3+
1
Level 3
Level 4+
2c
Level 4
Level 5+
2b
Level 4
Level 5+
2a
Level 4
Level 5+
3
Level 5
Level 6
In the past schools knew, roughly, how many marks were
needed to achieve the levels above. For example L4 maths
was usually 42 – 77/79. That’s meant to all change……
130
Maximum
score
This 100 points represents a child has met the new
standard.
100
We will not know the minimum or maximum scores
until the tests have been taken
New standard
80
Minimum
score
Scaled score
STA have decided the scale will centre around 100
points.
A scale allows direct comparisons of results from one set of assessments to another
Such comparisons would be difficult to make using raw scores because tests may be
different – for example, they can have different numbers of questions, the number of
correct answers required to pass may be different etc.
Mapping raw scores to a scaled score helps to minimise any variance between different
test results
Raw Score X
Raw Score Y
Scaled score
100
85
60
Due to the difficulty of
Test X, a raw score of
60 could map to a
scaled score of 100
Test Y is not as difficult
as Test X, so a raw score
of 85 could map to a
scaled score of 100
Progress measure how does it work?
Stage 2:
+3
We put Chris back
with his Y6 peers
in his school
Chris now brings his
+1 progress score
with him
-2
+2
+5
+2
+2
0
+2
+1
+1
-2
+1
-4
0
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We add all the Y6 progress
scores together and
divide by the number of
pupils to give mean score
= schools progress score –
of, say, +1
So pupils in Chris’ school
made slightly more progress
than those with similar
starting points in other
schools
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Parents can now compare
schools to see where pupils
with similar starting points
make more or less progress
Govt will set the definition of
sufficient progress once tests
have been taken (e.g. a
school should have a score
of at least -3 below or above.
S.A.T.S
Welcome
• Outline of current assessment arrangements
• Maths
• English
– Reading
– Writing
– G.A.P.S. (Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling)
• Working together
Maths
• Paper 1 – Arithmetic (30 mins)
• Paper 2 & 3 - Reasoning (40 mins)
•Key Change – No mental maths paper
• No level 6 paper
Reading
• One year into a new format
• One paper (1 hour)
• No additional higher paper
• 3 different texts which will have a
leaning towards fiction
What do you think Evelyn
meant by a seed growing
in your heart?
G.A.P.S.
• Paper 1
• 40 -50 short answer questions
covering grammar, punctuation &
vocabulary (45 mins)
• Paper 2
• Spelling test with 20 questions
Working Together
• Attendance
• Home Support Packs – little & often
• Increased Focus
• Appropriate Balance
• Self Improvement
• REVISE – ASSESS – FEEDBACK