1. Nikki Tilson – Assessment and Transitions Adviser
Assessment Update
June 2014
Powerpoints handouts – 3 to a page
Notes pages
Reforming Assessment and Accountability
Infant schools, baselines, websites consultation
Report of the NAHT Commission on Assessment
Nikki Tilson – Assessment and Transitions Adviser 1

2. Reforming Assessment and Accountability in Primary Schools
Freedom for schools to decide how to track progress
More challenging tests
Introduction of scaled scores and new detailed performance descriptors linked to NC
Progress measured from start of reception
Expectation of 85% to achieve new standard (good L4)
Greater range of information published on schools websites
“Our current expectations for primary schools are set too low” – links to GSCE performance 47% - L4 – get 5GSCE with Eng/Maths compared to 72% L4b+
Principles largely unchanged
Ongoing teacher assessment is crucial
Freedom to decide how to track progress
Balance of teacher assessment and external testing
Fair and transparent accountability is key to success
Attainment and progress are important to measure school performance
Broad range of information should be made available to parents
Assessment – challenging tests and scaled scores at end of key stages, detailed performance descriptors for KS1 and KS2 linked to new NC
Accountability – floor standard of 85% to achieve new expected standard (good level 4) and progress from reception baseline, published on school websites

3. On Gov.uk…..
Criteria for reception baseline – linked to CL, L and M, report a score for each child on a single scale
Infant school accountability – 2019 progress measured and published from reception baseline to end of KS1. No floor targets.
Consultation on standardising what and how performance data is published on school websites - so parents can make comparisons easily. Want to develop a data application (widget) for schools to download onto their websites and amend School Information Regulations accordingly
Criteria for potential baseline assessments – linked to L and D requirements for CL, L and M (L and D = educational programmes for 7AOL, ELGs, assessment arrangements) Single objective binary decision for each assessment item. Not age standardised. Only 2.5% can achieve full marks
Infant school accountability announcement – Summer % will be externally moderated.
Low prior attainment funding for primary schools and infant schools will be based on outcomes of the reception baseline, not EYFSP after 2016.
Schools performance – primary secondary and colleges/sixth forms. Returns power to parents.
Will amend School Information Regulations that currently apply to maintained schools and extend to academies/free schools
Plan to publish outcomes from consultation on Gov.uk in Autumn 2014

4. Headline Performance Measures
Proposed standard format on primary school websites to include:
Average progress made by pupils in R, W, M
% of pupils achieving the expected standard in R, W, M at KS2
Average score of pupils in the end of KS2 assessments
% pupils who achieve a high score in all areas at KS2
Visual comparison with other schools
Pupil progress from age (compared to others with similar starting points)
What proportion reach the demanding new standard at age 11
How well pupils do on average at age 11
What proportion of their pupils are rated “high achieving”
Infant schools will be measured on average progress made by pupils age 4-7 (baseline – TA in KS1)
Data application - Automatically updated for you! To save you the onerous task of editing your website.

5. Progress Attainment Eng/Maths High achievers

6. Questions for response
Do you agree that the headline measures should be presented in a standard way?
Do you agree that there should be a visual presentation of the data to aid understanding?
Do you have any different suggestions for how the data might be presented visually?
Will the examples given improve understanding and meet the aims set out in the document?
Where should the measures be available? (e.g. school website, BBC website or Goc.uk website?)
Other question linked to data application (wideget) and 1 about compliance/changes to School Information Regulations
closes 4th July

7. Timeline Sept 2014 – July 2015 New performance descriptors introduced
Continue teaching current curriculum to Y2 and Y6 in R, W, M and Sci
Possible GPS test in KS1??????
Sept 2015 – July 2016
New tests in KS1 and KS2
Optional reception baseline in 2015 (progress measured in 2022 from R or KS1)
Sept 2016 – July 2017
Reception baseline -only measure of progress- 2023
EYFSP no longer compulsory
KS1 assessments remain statutory but not a measure of progress
KS2 performance descriptors????

8. LA assessment update
PSC week – keep materials secure until Fri 27th June
HDF to be completed once all checks for eligible pupils have been done.
Assessment working party developed from the curriculum working party – assessment without levels
Report of the NAHT commission on assessment has useful principles and design checklist
Good practise assessment links on Gov.uk website
Thanks to all schools who provided PSC timetables
Thanks for all the teachers who have participated in moderation in KS2, KS1 and EYFS.
Have you begun to consider how you will track progress of NC, in groups, as LA,
LA support – working party – to select tracking from proposed models, and choose a baseline
Lynn and Diane to develop a tracking system from new NC for Southwark?
Gwen Sinnott attended
Report of the NAHT commission on assessment – Feb 2014
MD and I attending a conference – good practise models
key stage 1 assessments reporting
If a child starts at a new school before the summer half-term holiday, the new school must report the child's results to the LA.
If a child starts at a new school after the summer half-term holiday, the previous school must report the child's results to the LA. This includes children who transfer to a new school during the holiday.
If a child moves school within year 2, the new school must report the end of key stage results to the child's parents.
- Please keep delivery notes and sign them for KS2 and PSC
Maladministration on the increase and DfE have sent list of schools to ne monitored.
- Good practise re use of readers is not having 1-1 but children in small groups and always 2 adults in the room
KS2 update - Submitting teacher assessment data
How to read test questions to children
Use of pens in the tests

9. Deadlines for data submission to LA
EYFS Profile - Friday 27th June
PSC – changed to Wednesday 2nd July
KS1 - Wednesday 25th June (Open - 2nd June)
KS2 teacher assessment - All schools should submit their KS2 teacher assessments (including P scales), directly to the STA on the Teacher Assessment section of NCA tools ( We also ask that schools send the data to
Deadline – strongly recommend Friday 20th June (open from 12th May)