Woodmancote School
4th February 2015
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Assessment Information
Assessment is …
əˈsɛsmənt/
noun
the action of assessing someone or something.
"the assessment of educational needs"
synonyms:evaluation, judgement, gauging, rating, estimation
, appraisal, opinion,analysis
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Assessment is …
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt/
noun
the action of assessing someone or something.
"the assessment of educational needs"
synonyms:evaluation, judgement, gauging, rating,
estimation, appraisal, opinion,analysis
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Aims of the evening
• Give an overview of the key changes to the
national curriculum for maintained schools in
England.
• Outline how we envisage pupils will be
assessed by teachers in school from January
2015
• Introduce how the Government will assess
pupils from 2016
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Aims of the evening
• Understand what is meant by ‘age-related’
expectations
• Understand how children are assessed
(formally & informally)
• Understand how attainment and progress will
be reported to you
• Understand what’s involved in end of Key
Stage assessments.
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Development of the National Curriculum
• 1988 The National Curriculum is introduced in all state schools in
England, Wales and Northern Ireland, prescribing what children
should be taught to ensure each pupil is given the same standard of
education. Along with the new curriculum, GCSE exams for 16 year
olds are taught for the first time.
• 1990 Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) are brought in at state
schools for all seven year olds.
• 1994 An A* grade is invented at GCSE to help distinguish between
the top candidates. SATS are also introduced for 11 year olds.
• 1996 The Education Act 1996 requires all maintained schools to
offer courses in religious education, but parents can opt their
children out of the subject. Secondary schools must also offer a sex
education programme.
• 1997 A third SAT exam is created for all 14 year olds in the country.
More education laws also ensure all older pupils are given courses in
careers education.
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• 2000 A major overhaul of A-levels sees each course broken down
into six modules, three of which are sat a year earlier at the new AS
level.
• 2002 New laws force all schools to offer pupils at least one course in
each grouping of subjects at GCSE: the arts, design and technology,
the humanities, and modern foreign languages.
• 2003 Laws preventing councils from "promoting teaching in any
maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a
pretended family relationship" are axed.
• 2007 Labour is criticised for telling schools to strip back the
traditional curriculum, removing Churchill and Hitler from the
syllabus in favour of courses in debt management, the environment
and healthy eating.
• 2008 A level exam marking criteria are adapted to include a new A*
grade similar to that at GCSE.
• 2009 Unpopular SATs for 14 year olds are scrapped, along with the
science exam for 11 year olds
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2013 Curriculum
• 2011 The coalition announces an overhaul of the
curriculum, with more focus to be placed on British
history and great works of literature
• 2013 The national curriculum in England published
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nationalcurriculum
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The Curriculum in 2015
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English-was called English, then became Literacy and now back to English
Maths-became numeracy, but now back to being called Mathematics
Science
Computing-formally ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
History
Geography
Art and Design
Design and Technology
Physical Education
Music
Religious Education
Languages-At Woodmancote this is French
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural awareness
SEAL-Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
Promoting British Values-Democracy, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect
and Tolerance, The Rule of Law.
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What have we done so far in response to
the new curriculum?
• Rewritten our whole school curriculum map for
each subject and each year group.
• Revisited the principles of effective marking to
inform teaching.
• Taken a ‘snapshot’ of attainment and progress for
all children using levels.
• Created a ‘baseline’ for each child in Maths,
Reading, Writing and Science using Target Tracker,
our online assessment tool.
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The basics!
• Beginning Year Group Expectations
• Working within Year Group Expectations
• Secure at Year Group Expectations
Or
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Or
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Below
In line
Above
Below
Working towards
At
Above
Mastery
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Communicating with Parents
Autumn
Attitude to
Learning
Spring
Attainment
Attitude to
Learning
Summer
Attainment
Speaking and
Listening
Attitude to
Learning
Attainment
G
S
Reading
G
B
G
W
E
S
Writing
G
W
G
W
E
S
Maths
CC
B
RI
W
G
W
Science
CC
B
RI
B
G
S
Attainment
Beginning Year Group expectations
Working at Year Group Expectations
Secure at Year Group Expectations
Attitude to Learning
Excellent
Good
Requires Improvement
Causing Concern
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Where does this
information come
from?
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How do we assess?
• Formally (at key points)
– End of Key Stage 1 (ie SATs)
– End of Key Stage 2 (ie SATs)
– End of term/year (eg Reading age, spelling age
tests, Reading comprehension and Maths tests)
• Informally (continuous)
– Teacher assessment informed by pupil’s work,
questioning and responses, observations,
discussions, parental feedback etc
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C = low
B = secure
A = high
Aspect of the
Programme of
Study
Assessment
criteria
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Beginning
Working Within
Secure
Pupil learning is
chiefly focussed on
the criteria for the
band. There may be
minimal elements of
the previous band
still to gain complete
confidence in
Pupil learning is fully
focussed on the
criteria for the band.
Up to 70% of the
statements are
confidently achieved
Confidence in all of
the criteria for the
band. There may be
pupil learning still
focussed on gaining
thorough confidence
in some minimal
elements but the
broad expectations
for the band have
been met
B
B+
W
W+
S
S+
Key Stage One
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Subject
Performance Descriptors
National Curriculum Test
Externally set, internally
marked test
Reading
• Mastery standard
• National standard
• Working towards national
standard
• Below national standard
Writing
• Mastery standard
• National standard
• Working towards national
standard
• Below national standard
No writing test.
The English grammar,
punctuation and spelling
test will inform the teacher
assessment of writing
Maths
• Mastery standard
• National standard
• Working towards national
standard
• Below national standard
Externally set, internally
marked test to inform
teacher assessment
Science
• Working at national standard Teacher assessment
Key Stage Two
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Subject
Performance Descriptors
National Curriculum Test
• National standard (scale
score of 100)
Externally set, externally
marked test
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Mastery standard
Above National standard
National standard
Working towards national
standard
• Below national standard
No writing test.
There is a separate English
grammar, punctuation and
spelling test
Maths
• National standard (scale
score of 100)
Externally set, externally
marked test
Science
• Working at national standard Teacher assessment
Reading
Writing
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KS1 Example Questions – Grammar, punctuation and spelling
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KS1 Example Questions – Grammar, punctuation and spelling
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KS1 Example Questions – Grammar, punctuation and spelling
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KS1 Example Questions – Reading
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KS1 Example Questions – Reading
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KS1 Example Questions – Mathematics
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KS2 Example Questions – Grammar, punctuation and spelling
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KS2 Example Questions – Grammar, punctuation and spelling
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KS2 Example Questions – Grammar, punctuation and spelling
KS2 Example Questions –
Reading
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KS2 Example Questions – Reading
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KS2 Example Questions – Maths
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KS2 Example Questions – Maths
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KS2 Example Questions – Maths
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