 Statutory Assessment Tasks and Tests (also includes Teacher Assessment).
 Usually taken at the end of Key Stage 1 (at age 7) and at the end of Key Stage 2 (at age
11).
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 Around 85%+ of children are at Level 4 by the end of Key Stage 2.
 Some children will still be at Level 3 and some children will achieve Level 5 or above.
 A small percentage of children will not yet be working at Level 3.
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 For children working at Level 3 and above, there are two sorts of assessments:
 Tests
 Teacher assessments.
 For children working below Level 3, the only statutory assessment is teacher assessment and those children do not take the tests.
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 Teacher assessment draws together everything the teacher or teachers know about a child, including observations, marked work and school assessments.
 Teacher assessment is not a ‘snapshot’ like tests and is therefore more reliable.
 There can be a difference between teacher assessment results and test levels.
 Teacher assessment only, is used for children who work below level 3.
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 This year the tests dates will be from the 11 th
- 15 th May.
 It is a busy week for children and staff alike.
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 We can determine at what time tests begin.
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A timetable is issued to school, telling us on which days tests must be administered.
All children must sit the tests at the same time.
Test papers can only be opened 1 hour before the tests begin.
 Tests are completed in classrooms, with any displays that may help covered over.
 The LA monitor 10% of schools per year.
 Children are divided into groups for test administration to ensure they are properly supported and feel secure.
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What help can children have?
 In the reading test, children must read the text and questions by themselves, but MAY have help recording their answers, if this is done in a normal classroom situation.
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 Teachers can encourage, but not guide or say that an answer is correct or incorrect.
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In the maths and SPAG papers teachers can read questions to any child who asks, some children will have the whole paper read to them, on a one to one.
Some children can be given up to 25% extra time if they have identified learning needs. This has to be applied for in advance.
 Words on a test paper can be transcribed where a marker may not be able to read a child’s answer.
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 The best help is interest taken in learning and progress.
 Attending meetings and parents evenings.
 Supporting home learning.
 Not putting children under too much pressure
Ensuring children arrive for tests:
in good time
having had breakfast
having gone to bed at a reasonable time
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 The reading test was changed in 2014. This year, as last year, the texts in the levels 3-5 English reading booklet will not be linked by a theme.
The booklet will contain three or four texts. The least demanding text will come first with the following texts increasing in level of difficulty.
 Instead of being given 15 minutes reading time and 45 minutes to answer the questions, children will have a total of one hour to read the texts and complete the questions at their own pace.

 The reading answer booklet will comprise approximately 35 to 40 questions (totalling 50 marks). The questions are:
 shorter, closed response items (such as multiple choice and matching questions);
 shorter, open response items
 longer, open response items that require children to explain and comment on the texts in order to demonstrate a full understanding.
 Questions are worth 1, 2 or 3 marks.
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 A new statutory test of English grammar, punctuation and spelling was introduced for children at the end of Key Stage 2 from May 2013.
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Circle all the adverbs in the sentence below.
Open the drawers carefully and quietly when using the filing cabinet.
Add a suffix to this word to make an adjective.
dread ______________

Complete the sentence below with a contraction that makes sense.
If you give me the recipe____________ buy the ingredients on the way home.
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 The levels 3-5 mathematics test consists of:
 two non-calculator papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2, each lasting 45 minutes
 mental mathematics test, with 20 questions of increasing difficulty
 Children’s marks from all three tests are aggregated to calculate their overall mathematics level.
 Teachers may read questions in both written papers to pupils if asked.
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 Science sampling tests for children at the end of key stage 2 recommenced in June 2014 on a biennial basis.
There will be no science sampling in 2015.
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2012013 Test Timetable3 Test
11 th May 12 th May 13 th May 14 th May 15 th May
Reading Test
1 hour
English grammar, punctuation and spelling test
Mental Maths
Test
20 minutes
Maths Test B
45 minutes
Maths Test A
45 minutes
Level 6
Reading
Level 6 SPAG Level 6 Maths papers 1 & 2
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