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Sherry Reach
Regional Manager, Americas
18 December 2012
Cambridge Secondary 1
Excellence For All Overview
• We are Europe’s largest assessment agency
and our tests are underpinned by our
substantial research program
• We are at the heart of a global learning
community including more than 9000 schools
• We work in partnership with educators
worldwide, including 25 national
governments, and the NCEE MOWR
Excellence For All project
A department of the University of Cambridge
Cambridge International Programs
The learner is at the heart of what we do Assessment
Teaching Curriculum
Promoting good practice in
teaching and learning
Offering choice within a flexible, relevant curriculum framework
Setting international standards in assessment
Developing successful students
Students build:
• knowledge
• learning skills
• critical thinking
• problem solving
Cambridge students
become independent
learners
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Annual scope & sequence curricula and progression tests for English, math and science
sets clear learning objectives
compatible with other curricula
Has annual progression tests and cumulative 3 year Checkpoint test
Also available, ICT Starter curriculum / portfolio assessments
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Cambridge Checkpoint:
assesses learning at the end of Cambridge Secondary 1
shows how a learner has performed
tests are marked by CIE and provide an international benchmark
provides evidence of readiness for the next stage
provides a Cambridge Statement of Achievement for learners Cambridge Secondary 1
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What are Checkpoint tests like?
Two papers in each subject
Each paper is about an hour long
Questions are designed to be suitable for students of all
cultural and language backgrounds
Completed papers are sent to Cambridge to be marked by
trained and skilled examiners
Students are provided with a report and a Statement of
Achievement
Schools are provided with a report on the whole school and
on individual teaching groups
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Research has shown that Cambridge Checkpoint
scores are good predictors of performance in Cambridge
IGCSE Level examinations
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• Of course, students can do better than their
predicted grade if they work hard, or achieve less if
they do not put in the effort
The Student Report
Results in each
major topic
Brief explanation
of what each
Cambridge Checkpoint
score means
The student’s
strengths
The student’s
weaknesses
Overall result
for the subject
Statement of Achievement
Level of
achievement
reached by
student across
the whole test,
expressed as
score on
Cambridge
Checkpoint
scale
Level of
achievement
reached in
each of three
main topics,
expressed as
score on
Cambridge
Checkpoint
scale
Cambridge Secondary 1 Teacher Support
Supplemental texts &
resources suit different
teaching methods and
contexts
teacher training: face-to-face
and online
Cambridge Teacher Support
website – unit lesson plans
and teaching guides
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Cambridge provides learners with the foundation to achieve high
levels of academic and personal learning in an engaging way.
Together with schools, we aim to develop learners who are:
• Confident in working with information and
ideas – their own and those of others
• Responsible for themselves, responsive
to and respectful of others
• Reflective as learners, developing their
ability to learn
• Innovative and equipped for new and
future challenges
• Engaged intellectually and socially, and
ready to make a difference
A Learner-Centered approach
Learn more!
Getting in touch with
Cambridge is easy
Email us at
or telephone
011 44 1223 553554
www.cie.org.uk