broomfields junior school y6 assessment information evening thursday 28 th january 2016

Broomfields Junior School

Y6 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION EVENING

THURSDAY 28T H JANUARY 2016


Purpose of this evening:

• Update on national changes in assessment arrangements

• Outline school response to changes• Explain school arrangements for SATs• Question and Answers


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.


DfE Position StatementAs 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.


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.


Current DfE GuidanceScaled 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.


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’


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.


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.


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.


Monday 9th May

Tuesday 10th May

Wednesday 11th May

Thursday 12th May

ENGLISH READING TEST60 Minutes (Includes reading time)

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING TESTComponent 1: Grammar, punctuation and vocab 45minutes Component 2:Spelling 15 minutes

MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 ARITHMETIC30 Minutes

MATHEMATICS PAPER 3REASONING40 Minutes

MATHEMATICS PAPER 2REASONING40 Minutes


READINGComponent Description Number of

PapersNumber of marks

Timing of component

Paper 1English reading test

Reading booklet and separate answer booklet

A selection of texts (1500 – 2300 words)

1 50 60 minutes (including reading time)

Total 1 50 60 minutes


GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & SPELLINGComponent Description Number of


Timing of component

Paper 1Questions

Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary

1 50 45 minutes

Paper 2Spelling

Spelling (20 words)

1 20 15 minutes



MATHEMATICSComponent Description Number of


Timing of component

Paper 1arithmetic

arithmetic

Assesses pupils’ confidence with the range of mathematical operations

1 40 30 minutes

Paper 2 and Paper3:Mathematical reasoning

Mathematical fluency, solving mathematical problems and mathematical reasoning

2 70 overall

35 per paper

80 minutes

40 minutes per paper


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:

Chris’ results are • KS1 APS = 18.0• KS2 reading score = 117

• He got 1 point more than the average for those with similar starting points = +1

This is Chris All other pupils nationally with average score at KS1 of 18.0

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

Back to Chris

Progress measure how does it work? Stage 2:

Chris now brings his +1 progress score with him

We put Chris back with his Y6 peers in his school

• 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

-2

• 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.

+2 +5

+2

+3 +2

0 +2

+1

-2

+1-4

+2 0

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.


RESULTS & OUTCOMESFor 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


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7dgWlInpok


Any questions?

broomfields junior school y6 assessment information evening thursday 28 th january 2016

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