Assessment
Posted on August 12, 2016 by Nellie Perrin
The Standards and Testing Agency have communicated to schools that teachers must still carry out the early years foundation stage profile assessment for children in reception.
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Assessment
Posted on July 19, 2016 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
Thanks to Shareen for sharing the following five tips for teachers.
Many schools have reported that the KS2 reading paper this year was more difficult than expected, so we asked Shareen Mayers to share her thoughts on what we can learn for next year.
- Ditch the old SATs papers!
After visiting many year 6 classrooms this year, I noticed that teachers were still using old reading papers which have a different focus and style to the new test. For example, the new test has an increased emphasis on understanding vocabulary in context. The beginning of the 2016 reading paper was much harder than before, with questions that seemed reminiscent of the old level 4 right from the start of the paper. Though few, there are some practice papers available that are fully in-line with the new-style tests, so it is worth utilising these so that the complexity of the test is not such a surprise next year.
- Explicitly teach new vocabulary
One of the starkest changes this year was the emphasis and focus on pupils understanding vocabulary in context. A huge percentage of the questions were focused on this new content domain. This can be achieved through exposing pupils to a wide range of texts, especially texts from our literary heritage. A free download that can support teachers with teaching strategies is the old National Strategies booklet: Teaching Vocabulary Effectively. Page 9 has some great tips to support teachers with ideas and strategies.
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Assessment
Posted on July 15, 2016 by Nellie Perrin
The Department for Education has written to schools saying there will be 'no statutory requirement' on schools to administer the multiplication tables check in the 2016 to 2017 academic year.
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Assessment
Posted on July 15, 2016 by Nellie Perrin
Statutory interim frameworks to support teachers in making assessment judgements for each pupil at the end of key stage 1 and key stage 2 in 2017 have been released.
The interim frameworks set out the standard(s) a pupil will be assessed against at the end of each key stage for reading, writing, mathematics and science.
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Curriculum
Posted on July 13, 2016 by Michael Tidd
Thank you to Michael Tidd for the following article.
And so...the end is near!
There’s something rather marvellous about the cycle of the academic year. For a start, there’s the joy of a six-week change in routine. I won’t argue that it’s six weeks off, but it’s certainly a different pace of life once the summer break rolls around.
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Assessment
Posted on July 5, 2016 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
The Standards & Testing Agency has released information on how to convert key stage 2 raw scores to scaled scores. The tables show each of the possible raw scores on the 2016 key stage 2 tests.
To convert your pupils’ raw scores to scaled scores, you will want to look up each raw score and read across to the appropriate scaled score. As a reminder, a scaled score of 100 or more is required for a pupil to have met the expected standard in the test.
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Assessment
Posted on June 29, 2016 by Nellie Perrin
According to a report released by Ofsted on 29th June 2016, record numbers of children now attend schools rated good or outstanding. Eighty six percent of schools are now rated good or outstanding - up from eighty four percent at the end of August 2015.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 14, 2016 by Morwenna Evans
We are delighted to announce the launch of Rising Stars Assessment Online - Find out how to unlock your FREE access and download your free guide!
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Curriculum
Posted on June 8, 2016 by Emma Fitch
We've not got long to wait for our Primary Assessment 2016 Conference, and we’re looking forward to welcoming Headteachers, Deputy Heads and Subject Coordinators from across the country. For those of you who haven’t yet registered, here’s a summary of all that we’ll be covering on the day.
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Assessment
Posted on June 3, 2016 by Nellie Perrin
Today the DfE has released a parent's guide to the 2016 national curriculum test results at the end of key stage 1. The guide provides information about the new tests, how they are marked, and what to expect after the tests.
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