Assessment Presentation for Parents Wimbledon Park Primary School
Changes at Primary School A new national curriculum Removal of the old system of assessment nationally
The case for change GCSEs 75% achieve five “Secondary school ready” good GCSEs Level 4 47% achieve five Level 2 good GCSEs Primary school Secondary school
• Greater prescribed content (in English, Maths and Science) • Higher attainment expectation at the end of key stages • Focus on “depth” of learning
• “Race” through curriculum content to reach the next level (e.g. level 6) • Teaching a narrow range of skills and knowledge • A qualitative description doesn’t convert accurately to numerical score! • Confusing way of reporting test results • Parents also found levels confusing
Assessment at Wimbledon Park National Curriculum programmes of study for each subject Distilled into the essential Key Objectives for each year group. This defines the “expected attainment” in each year group.
Assessment at Wimbledon Park • Working below • Working towards • Working at Key Objectives • Working at greater depth
Assessment at Wimbledon Park Autumn and Spring End of Year Target Term Parent Meetings for Each Pupil • On track • Working below • Not on track • Ahead • Working towards • Working at • Working at greater depth Annual Report
Ensuring Attainment and Progress Completed work/ Teaching plans Children’s Books Tests Feedback Friday
Standard Tests for Tracking • Standardisation sample of 12,000 • Raw score to “Age” • Raw score to Age Standardised Score
Age Standard Scores 68% of the age group score between 85 and 115 Score of 110+ is in the top quarter Score of 120+ is in the top 10% Standard score 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 Percentile 2% 5% 9% 16% 25% 37% 50% 63% 75% 84% 91% 95% 98%
Using Age Standard Scores Working towards At At greater depth or below Age- within Age-Standard Standard Age-Standard Standard score 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 Percentile 2% 5% 9% 16% 25% 37% 50% 63% 75% 84% 91% 95% 98%
Progress Tracking Standard score Child 3 130 Regressing Child 1 Expected Progress 100 Child 2 Better than Expected Progress 70 Primary school
New Report Format
Statutory Assessment Year 6 Tests and Teacher Year 2 judgements Tests and Teacher Year 1 judgements Phonics Reception Check Early Years profile Reception Baseline Primary school
• New tests at the end of Year 2 and Year 6 o Reading, Grammar, spelling and punctuation, Maths/arithmetic o Reported as a scaled score around median of 100 • New frameworks for teacher assessment at the end of Year 2 and Year 6 o Includes writing
Summary • Huge changes and upheaval • Higher standards means that some children who were at age expectations, now are not • We’ve designed a comprehensive and robust assessment system • However in short term, some inefficiency and unfamiliarity • And limited historic data track – reliability?
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