1. WPS Assessment Information Evening
7.00pm, 27th June 2016

2. Aims Understand changes to assessment
Know the different types of assessment
Clarify SATs (testing)
How will assessment be reported to parents?

3. Changes to assessment
In 2014 / 2015 a new National Curriculum was introduced by the government for children in years 1, 3, 4 and 5.
Years 2 and 6 continued to study the previous curriculum and were tested on this in May 2015.
Key Stage 1 (y2) and Key Stage 2 (y6) SATs reflect the new curriculum for the first time this year.
Children tested in year 2 and year 6 this year, will have been studying the new National Curriculum for 5 terms.

4. Curriculum change
The new curriculum is more rigorous and sets very high expectations which all schools have worked hard to meet since September 2014.
The content and skills required for learning within the new NC is higher than before.
English and maths content for KS1 (y1 & 2) and KS ( y3,4,5,&6) has increased significantly.
The school have provided teachers with training in order to further develop subject knowledge and skills to meet requirements of the new curriculum.

5. World without Levels
Old NC levels of 1-6 were abolished by the government.
It is up to schools to determine how they should assess children. There is no National directive. Assessments will vary from school to school.
Children need to demonstrate that they know, understand and can securely apply their knowledge of the elements of the curriculum for their age group in order to meet the expected standard or Age Related Expectation (ARE).

6. Showing progress
The national changes in assessment means it is not possible to compare the results of a previous year with the current year.
For children in KS2, schools are unable to make a clear judgement on a child’s progress from year 2 to now because they are being measured on a different curriculum, using a different system of assessment.
Teachers are required to evidence progress and attainment by assessing children’s work, formative assessment throughout the year and summative tests.

7. Summer 2016, Tests and Teacher Assessment
Year 6 and Year 2 writing is assessed at the end of June through a process of teacher assessment
Moderation of assessment within our cluster of schools, as well as external moderators from the local authority has helped to refine and develop our practice.
Children in Y2 and Y6 have had tests in Reading, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) and Maths.

8. End of KS1 (year 2)
Children in Y2 were the first to be tested using the new SATs in May.
During the whole month of administration, schools are required to keep the content of the tests confidential.
The tests are marked internally.
Schools are not required to report the test results to parents. The test result is used by teachers to inform teacher assessment.
The teacher assessments for each child are reported to the DfE and LA.
A sample of schools are moderated on behalf of the DfE so that outcomes can be validated.

9. End of KS2 (year 6)
The tests took place nationally, during the week beginning 9th May, 2016.
The tests take place in formal conditions and are timed for all papers, except spelling.
The tests are collected for external marking.
Results are made available to schools on 5th July.
Results are reported to parents and to secondary schools in children’s end of year reports.

10. Scaled scores in Reading, SPaG and Maths
Now that levels have gone, the Government has planned that the score of ‘100’ will be used in all tests and will represent the National Standard.
There will be a standard scale that starts at 85 for year 2 (y6 as yet unconfirmed)and an upper end point above 100 (y2 115).
Each child’s raw test score from each test paper will be converted into a score on the scale, either at, above or below 100.
They will be judged as having met the Age Related Expectations for the end of key stage if they score 100 or above.

11. Higher Attaining Children
Previous KS2 SATs were aimed at children achieving levels 3 – 5 with level 4b as the National age related expectation.
A child achieving level 5 was judged to be achieving above national expectation.
Additional level 6 tests were produced for children who demonstrated above level 5 attainment.

12. In 2016, there are no separate tests for the most able children.
Each test has scope for higher attaining children to show their depth of knowledge and strengths. It does not indicate that they are working at a higher level but it will indicate that they are capable of thinking and applying their knowledge at a greater depth within the standard set for their age group.
There is guidance for teachers to be able to judge whether a child is working at greater depth in writing. This is not the same as working at a higher age level. It is a judgement that they are working within the national standard for their age group, but at a greater depth than most children.

13. Lower attaining children
The tests for y2 and year 6 are designed for children who are judged to be working within national standard for their age group. Unlike previous years, there are no questions in the tests at a lower standard.
Therefore, children that have been assessed by their teacher as working at a standard below the national expectations for y2 and y6 will not take the tests.
Children working below the levels of the tests are assessed by their teachers using interim pre-key stage standards.

14. Reporting to parents Year 2
Teacher assessment to confirm whether they are working towards or have met the national standard in maths, reading, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Teacher assessment to confirm whether they are working towards, have met or are working at greater depth for the national standard in writing.

15. Year 6 Test results will be reported to parents as follows:
- A raw score (number of marks gained in the test)
- A scaled score in each subject
- Confirmation of whether they have attained the national standard or not.
If their scaled score is below 100 they will have been judged not to have met the national standard and therefore performing below the national standard set for their age.
If they score 100 , they will have met the standard and above 100 means that they are demonstrating a deeper than expected knowledge and understanding of the curriculum for their age.
Y6 will also receive a moderated teacher assessment judgement confirming whether they are working towards or have met the national standard in writing.

16. If a child leaves Primary School working below the nationally expected standard, the government expects the pupils to be re- tested against national standards in year 7, at secondary school.
The Ivo will complete their own baseline assessment at the start of year 7 for all pupils.

17. Reporting to parents EYFS
Parents will receive an end of year report for attainment and progress of the Learning Goals within Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
Children are assessed as emerging, secure or exceeding national, age related expectations for 5 year olds.
At the end of EYFS, the children begin the National Curriculum and are assessed against national age related expectations for the end of year 1.

18. Reporting to parents Year 1
Pupils in year 1 are assessed as whether or not they are meeting the required standard in phonics.
Should a child not meet the required standard by the end of year 1, parents will be informed and the child will be re-tested in year 2.

19. Reporting to parents
Most children start the year working towards the National Standard (end of year expectations) for that year group.
Some children, who may have additional needs, will be assessed as starting below the National Standard for that year.
As your child learns the objectives during the year, they will be assessed at regular intervals to ascertain progress towards meeting the National Standard across the curriculum.

20. Your child’s report will show attainment against the National Standard for their year group in all subjects. Attainment is reported as working towards (WT1, 2 or 3), at (A) or working above (WA).
Assessments are made against achievement of the learning objectives for that year.
For a child to have met the National Standard (at or A), teachers have to have evidence to show that they have achieved 85% of the learning objective statements within the National Standard for that year.

21. At Wheatfields, a large proportion of our pupils will be working at the National Standard. Fewer pupils will be working towards or working above the National Standard.
In order to be assessed as working above, the children have to be completely fluent in the skills of that subject area and be able to confidently apply known skills to a variety of new situations (working at greater depth).

22. The progress of your child has been measured from the start of the academic year and is reported as some progress, good progress or above expected progress.
For , we have also added a section on the level of effort your child has put in to each subject, including all core and foundation subjects.
Effort is reported numerically: 1 = effort consistently applied, 2 = effort in most lessons, 3 = effort in some lessons, and 4 = more effort required.
We hope that this will give you a clearer picture of how your child is doing in school in relation to all areas of their learning.