Broomfields Junior School
Y6 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
EVENING
T H U R S D A Y 2 8 TH J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6
Broomfields Junior School
Purpose of this evening:
• Update on national changes in assessment
arrangements
• Outline school response to changes
• Explain school arrangements for SATs
• Question and Answers
Broomfields Junior School
A new national curriculum was introduced in 2014.
As a result, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is
changing the tests so that they assess the new
curriculum.
Pupils will take the new tests for the first time in
May 2016.
Broomfields Junior School
DfE Position Statement
 As part of the national curriculum review, levels have
been abolished.
 This is, in part, in response to concerns about the validity
and reliability of levels and sub-levels.
 These concerns had an impact on pupils’ learning, but
also on the relationships between primary and secondary
schools and the trust in their assessments.
 Levels have also been recognised as the driver of undue
pace through the curriculum, which has led to gaps in
pupils’ knowledge.
Broomfields Junior School
Our response to the changes…
 We are changing the way the tests are reported.
 From 2016, we will use scaled scores to report national curriculum test
outcomes.
 We won’t need to change the way we prepare for, or administer, the
tests because of the introduction of scaled scores.
 We will continue to use past papers for revision.
 We will continue to assess what pupils understand and can do in a way
that best suits our school.
 We will report the pupil’s scaled score and whether or not
your child met the national standard in our annual report to
Parents.
Broomfields Junior School
Current DfE Guidance
 Scaled scores are used all over the world. They
help test results to be reported consistently from
one year to the next.
 We can’t give full information about what the scale
will look like yet. We need to wait until pupils have
taken the tests and the tests have been marked
before we can set the national standard and the
rest of the scale.
Broomfields Junior School
Current DfE Guidance
 We can’t set the scale in advance; this cohort is the first that has
reached the end of key stage 2 having studied sufficient content from
the new national curriculum. If we were to set the scale using data from
pupils that had studied the old national curriculum, it is likely it would be
incorrect.
 We do know the scale will have a lower end point below 100 and an
upper end point above 100.
 Once we have set the national standard we will use a statistical
technique called ‘scaling’ to transform the raw score into a scaled
score. We will publish this after the first tests have been administered.
100 will always represent the ‘national standard’
Broomfields Junior School
 A pupil’s scaled score will be based on their raw score.
 The raw score is the total number of marks a pupil
receives in a test, based on the number of questions
they answered correctly.
 The pupil’s raw score will be translated into a scaled
score using a conversion table.
 A pupil who achieves the national standard will have
demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas
assessed by the tests. This will mean that they are well
placed to succeed in the next phase of their education.
Broomfields Junior School
 The old national curriculum levels are not relevant to
the new national curriculum.
 However, in order to provide schools with some
indication of the new standards, we have tried to
indicate equivalence in a broad sense.
 At KS2 this will roughly equate to an old level 4b.
Otherwise levels and scaled scores will not be
comparable.
Broomfields Junior School
Reassurance!
 Other than the scaling score and the change from a
mental maths paper to an arithmetic one, the style of
the tests don’t appear to have changed.
 We will continue to prepare and administer in the same
way as previous years according to DfE guidance.
 We will be continuing to focus on quality teaching and
learning, not how the outcome of the tests will be
reported at this stage as this could give us unreliable
data.
Broomfields Junior School
Monday
9th May
Tuesday
10th May
Wednesday
11th May
Thursday
12th May
ENGLISH
READING TEST
60 Minutes
(Includes reading
time)
ENGLISH
GRAMMAR,
PUNCTUATION
AND SPELLING
TEST
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
ARITHMETIC
30 Minutes
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 3
REASONING
40 Minutes
Component 1:
Grammar,
punctuation and
vocab 45minutes
Component 2:
Spelling 15 minutes
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
REASONING
40 Minutes
Broomfields Junior School
READING
Component
Description
Number of
Papers
Number of
marks
Timing of
component
Paper 1
English
reading test
Reading
booklet and
separate
answer
booklet
1
50
60 minutes
(including
reading time)
1
50
60 minutes
A selection of
texts (1500 –
2300 words)
Total
Broomfields Junior School
GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & SPELLING
Component
Description
Number of
Papers
Number of
marks
Timing of
component
Paper 1
Questions
Grammar,
punctuation
and
vocabulary
1
50
45 minutes
Paper 2
Spelling
Spelling (20
words)
1
20
15 minutes
2
70
60 minutes
Total
Broomfields Junior School
MATHEMATICS
Component
Description
Number of
Papers
Number of
marks
Timing of
component
Paper 1
arithmetic
arithmetic
1
40
30 minutes
Paper 2 and
Paper3:
Mathematical
reasoning
Mathematical fluency,
solving mathematical
problems and
mathematical
reasoning
2
70 overall
80 minutes
35 per paper
40 minutes
per paper
110
110 minutes
Assesses pupils’
confidence with the
range of mathematical
operations
Total
3
Accountability Reforms: school progress measure
 Progress is now a value-added measure, rather than
‘expected levels of progress’ measure.
 A pupil’s KS2 score is measured against the average
KS2 score for pupils nationally having the same prior
attainment.
 KS1 baseline is worked out by creating a combined
score of all teacher assessment outcomes.
 A school’s progress score will be calculated as the mean
average of its pupils’ progress scores, so it will show
whether overall pupils make above or below average
progress compared to similar pupils in other schools.
Progress measure how does it work?
Stage 1:
This is Chris
All other pupils nationally with
average score at KS1 of 18.0
Back to Chris
Chris’ results are
•
•
•
KS1 APS = 18.0
KS2 reading
score = 117
All these pupils’ KS2 scores are
added together and divided by the
number of pupils in the group
= average (national mean) reading
score is 116
He got 1 point more
than the average for
those with similar
starting points = +1
Progress measure how does it work?
Stage 2:
We put Chris back
with his Y6 peers
in his school
Chris now brings his
+1 progress score
with him
-2
+3
+2
+5
+2
+2
0
+2
+1
+1
-4
-2
+2
•
•
•
•
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
•
•
+1
0
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.
Grammar, spelling & handwriting
Correct spelling is required for the award of the mark for the
majority of questions in Paper 2, especially in the following cases:
Verb forms – the whole word must be correctly spelt for the
award of the mark
Contractions – the full contraction must be correctly spelt and
the apostrophe correctly placed for the award of the mark
Prefixes and suffixes – the whole word (i.e. the root and the
prefix and / or suffix) must be correctly spelt for the award of the
mark
Plurals – the whole word must be correctly spelt in responses to
questions assessing plurals for the award of the mark. The use of
an apostrophe in the formation of a plural will prohibit the award of
the mark, unless this is a legitimate use to indicate a possessive
plural
Grammar, spelling & handwriting
 Handwriting – Current STA information suggests
that children must be writing in a joined consistent
style.
Broomfields Junior School
RESULTS & OUTCOMES
For the 2016 KS2 tests STA will publish test results on
the NCA tools website on 5 July 2016. Each pupil
registered for the tests will receive:
 a raw score (the number of raw marks awarded)
 a scaled score
 and confirmation of whether or not they
attained the expected standard
Broomfields Junior School
SUMMARY
SATs take place: w/b 9th May 2016 – we expect 100% attendance during the
tests
How can you help?
 Outstanding attendance and punctuality throughout the year
 Support at home with homework, reading, spellings, times tables
 Liaise with us if you have any issues/concerns at any point
 Reassure your child that we want them to do their best but there is also
more to life at Broomfields Junior School and there is nothing to worry
about!
DfE video outlining the 2016 changes in KS 1 and KS2:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7dgWlInpok
Broomfields Junior School
Any questions?