END OF PRIMARY BENCHMARK Educational Assessment Unit Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education 2016

PURPOSES A benchmarking exercise at the end of the Primary Cycle Performance data used to inform pupils, parents & schools about the achievement of each learner EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education15 December, 2015

NATIONAL DATA A total of 91 schools participated (all 62 State schools, 22 Church schools and 7 Independent schools) 93% of all Year 6 students sat the 2015 End of Primary Benchmark 487 students benefitted from one or more access arrangements and 80 were exempted from all three subjects 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

NATIONAL STATISTICS (2015) The national median scores for the subjects were: Malti - 74 English - 71 Mathematics December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

END OF PRIMARY BENCHMARK 2016 Dates: 26 th May – 2 nd June th May – Maltese Oral (Speaking) Component 27 th May – English Oral (Speaking) Component 30 th May – Maltese Writing & Maltese Reading 31 st May – English Writing & English Reading 1 st June – Maltese Listening & English Listening 2 nd June – Mathematics (Mental & Written) 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

MALTESE & ENGLISH 20 marka Taħdit / Speaking 20 marka (10 minuti kull par) 20 marka Il-Fehim mis-Smigħ / Listening 20 marka (30 minuta) 30 marka Il-Fehim mill-Qari / Reading 30 marka (50 minuta) 30 marka Kitba / Writing 30 marka (60 minuta) EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education15 December, 2015

SPEAKING / TAĦDIT It-Tħejjija / Warmer Intervista / Interview: New subthemes: Shopping, School Outings, House & Home Environment, Health & Body Care, and People Who Help Us. Żewġ eżerċizzi / Two tasks 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

TAĦDIT / SPEAKING Staqsini inti / Inverted interview Qabbel / Compare and contrast Stampa waħda / Single picture Stampa storja / Picture story Stampa dwar tema / Thematic picture 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

IL-FEHIM MIS-SMIGĦ / LISTENING Two Listening Tasks: Task 1: Number of short texts e.g. dialogues, monologues, conversations, instructions, directions, descriptions, news bulletins including weather reports Task 2: Monologue, dialogue or conversation 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

IL-FEHIM MIS-SMIGĦ / LISTENING Questions test listening not writing skills Students listen twice to recording of both texts, including questions Time to check answers 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

FEHIM MILL-QARI / READING COMPREHENSION Two Reading Tasks: Text 1: short task Students write words / numbers in spaces, underline, circle, tick, match, complete grids with information and label pictures or simple diagrams 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

FEHIM MILL-QARI / READING COMPREHENSION Text 2: factual / literary text of about 500 words Students answer a range of comprehension questions 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

KITBA / WRITING Short Writing Task (50-60 words) 10 marks Long Writing Task 20 marks ( words) Plan / Web (4 marks) Writing (16 marks) 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

WRITING / KITBA Task 1: Choice of 1 out of 2 tasks of same text type Task 2: Choice of 1 out of 2 tasks of same text type

MATHEMATICS Mental Paper 20 marks (15 minutes) Written Paper 80 marks (1 hour 30 minutes) EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education15 December, 2015

MATHEMATICS – MENTAL PAPER Twenty short graded questions + Warmer Question Read twice (Recorded on CD) Samples available on the Department of Curriculum website Instructions in Maltese & English Questions in English

MATHEMATICS – WRITTEN PAPER The paper tests the following strands: Number and Algebra Shape and Space Data Handling Problem Solving

MATHEMATICS – WRITTEN PAPER 16 questions Q marks each Q marks each Q marks each

ALL BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT PAPERS Font Style: Andika size 13 for all papers THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. It-tifel mar għand tal-ħanut jixtri l-ġobon. Il-kelb qed jiġri wara l-qattus. Paper Colour: Cream for all students 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

ADDITIONAL (FROM 2015) 15 December, 2015EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Mental Mathematics Warmer: Extra question at the beginning of test, not awarded marks. Aimed at helping students to focus on the speaker’s voice and familiarise themselves with the test Written Mathematics W orking space was introduced in questions that require working.

SECOND SESSION Mid-June (13 – 17 th June 2016) after school hours Students whose schools did not participate in the first session Students who were sick for the first session Held in one central location – Malta and Gozo EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education15 December, 2015

EXAMINATION DETAILS Speaking component marked by class teachers All other components centrally marked by two markers EAU sends marks to schools Schools post results to parents EAU, Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education15 December, 2015

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