1st March 2016

 New National Curriculum was introduced in 2014  As a result, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) are changing the tests so that they assess the new curriculum  Pupils will be taking the new tests for the first time this year

 Teacher Assessment is used to assess pupils at the end of Key Stage 1  The statutory Key Stage 1 National Curriculum tests for English and Maths are designed to help inform the final teacher assessment judgement reported for each pupil at the end of KS1

 Key Stage 1 Assessments will take place in May  No set days for administration

 English Reading  English Grammar, punctuation and Spelling  Mathematics

 Paper 1: Text and questions combined in one booklet (30min)  Paper 2: More challenging test with a separate reading and question booklet (40min)  Pupils will sit both papers  No assistance will be given to pupils during the test

 Paper 1: Spelling Test -Spelling tested by asking pupils to complete each sentence with a word that is missing -20 words (15min)  Paper 2: Question booklet based on technical aspects of grammar, punctuation and vocabulary (new) -(20min)  No English writing test (previous assessment task)

 Paper 1: Arithmetic (new) Assesses confidence and fluency with whole numbers, place value and counting (20min)  Paper 2: Reasoning Assesses pupils’ fluency, problem solving and reasoning skills (35min)  No access to resources apart from a ruler which is required for Paper 2

 Writing is teacher assessed  Evidence is taken from writing in pupils’ literacy and topic books

 No levels – scaled scores will be used to report national curriculum test outcomes  Pupils’ raw score (ie. the total number of correct responses) will be converted to a ‘scaled score’  Scale of ‘100’ represents the ‘national standard’  Scale will have lower end point below 100 and an upper end point above 100 – however, this will not be published until after the tests have been administered

 A pupil who achieves the national standard will have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests

 This sets out the replacement for levels in the core subject areas for teachers to make a teacher assessment judgement at the end of the key stage  Consists of 3 standards: - Working towards the expected standard - Working at the expected standard - Working at greater depth within the expected standard

 Each of the 3 standards within the Interim Framework contains a number of ‘pupil can’ statements  To demonstrate that pupils have met a standard, teachers will need to have evidence that a pupil demonstrates attainment of all of the statements within that standard and all the statements in the preceding standard(s)  This framework is interim for the academic year 2015 to 2016 only

 Practice Tests using the sample papers published on GOV.UK  Intervention groups  Regular exam style question practise within lessons  Setting homework linked to the national curriculum expectations for Year 2 in the core subject areas

 Reading regularly with your child and questioning them  Supporting your child with their homework

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Thank you for coming If you have any questions please speak to your child’s class teacher Please have a look at the handout provided for example test questions