1 Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 1 TEACHER ASSESSMENT AND tests 2017The new national curriculum has been taught in all local authority maintained primary schools in England since September Those pupils who are at the end of key stages 1 and 2 in May 2016 will be the first to be assessed against the new national curriculum. As the national curriculum has changed, so too have the tests, teacher assessment and accountability measures. Levels were designed for the previous national curriculum Unintended consequences for pedagogy. Teaching guided by level descriptors, rather than the curriculum. Levels encouraged pace over consolidation – moving children to the next level rather than consolidating their knowledge which lead to gaps in knowledge. Lead to disproportionate focus on pupils just below the boundaries to get them up to the next level. The best-fit model confused their meaning. – children awarded the same level could have very different grasps of the curriculum and with gaps in their knowledge. Inconsistency in application and confusion in interpretation. Although intended for statutory assessment, they dominated classroom assessment too.
2 KS1 tests: key changes LAST YEARKS1 tests must take place in the month of May. English reading 2 papers: 1 with text and questions combined. 1 more challenging text with the questions in a separate booklet. All pupils should be given the opportunity to sit both papers. Grammar, punctuation and spelling Emphasis on technical aspects of grammar. Separate spelling test. No English writing test. Mathematics New arithmetic test introduced. The key stage 1 tests do not have set days for their administration but schools will need to administer the new tests during May 2016. In reading there will be two papers, one with the text and questions combined and one more challenging text with the questions in a separate booklet. All pupils should be given the opportunity to sit both papers. Paper 2 should be offered to all pupils although teachers will be able to withdraw pupils at any stage during the test, if they do not think that they can cope with aspects of this paper. In the grammar, punctuation and spelling test there will be an emphasis on technical aspects of grammar and there will be a separate spelling test. There will be no contextualised questions in the test as it was felt that they just increased the reading load without necessarily helping pupils. There is no longer a test for English writing. In mathematics at key stage 1, an arithmetic test has been introduced alongside a test of mathematical reasoning. Some items in the arithmetic test have a grid in the answer / working out space. The grid is there for questions where the pupils may benefit from using more formal methods for calculations.
3 Teacher assessment For English reading, writing and mathematics –3 standards: working towards the expected standard working at the expected standard working at greater depth within the expected standard. For science, one standard (working at the expected standard). Each standard contains a number of pupil ‘I can statements.’ Teachers need to judge a pupil shows attainment of all statements within a standard and all the statements in the preceding standard(s). P-scales are used for pupils with SEND working below these standards. For key stage 1, the English reading, English writing and mathematics frameworks contain 3 standards Pupils will be grouped into 4 categories for accountability; those 3 categories plus an additional category for those pupils that do not meet the ‘working towards’ standard. For key stage 1 science, where results are not used for formal accountability, the framework contains one standard: working at the expected standard. Pupils will be grouped into 2 categories for accountability; the ‘working at the expected standard’ category plus an additional category for those pupils that do not meet that standard. Each standard contains a number of ‘pupil can’ statements such as, “The pupil can read accurately most words of two or more syllables” To demonstrate that pupils have met a standard, teachers will need to have evidence that a pupil demonstrates consistent attainment of all the statements within the standard and all the statements in any preceding standard(s). Where pupils have a physical disability that prevents them from being able to write, the statements relating to handwriting can be excluded from the teacher assessment. Where pupils are physically able to write and meet all of the statements except for being able to produce legible handwriting, they may be awarded the ‘expected standard’ but cannot be awarded the ‘greater depth’ standard. As with key stage 1, all pupils must meet the ‘pupil can’ statements related to spelling in any particular standard to be awarded that standard.
4 TEACHER ASSESSMENT Teachers make their assessment judgement on a broad range of evidence from across the curriculum for each pupil: their books tests overall knowledge of the child.
5 reaDING pAPER Ants are insects that you can often see in the garden, in a park or just on the pavement . They usually live underground. a. What kind of animal is an ant? ____________________________ b. Find and copy two places where you might see ants. 1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________
6 What are we looking for in writing?Writing is still based on Teacher Assessment. Using sentences with different forms in their writing (statements, questions, exclamations and commands) Using some expanded noun phrases – e.g. Noun phrase – The girl expanded noun phrase - ‘The tall girl
7 Story opening - Working at expectedIf you go into a snowy forest, you will see the most evil witch you have ever seen. She has a gold crown and it’s sharp as shark teeth. She also has shimmering, silver clothes. How shiney she looks! Her heart is frozen ice because she lives in a freezing castle. Her palace is ice because she lives in the snowy forest. The white witch stomps because she is nasty and evil. Is the witch made out of ice? She talks very, very, very nicely but she is so evil, that she will break the whole city!
8 Letter - Working at expectedDear Miss C This term we have we’ve been learning all about endangered animals and it was awesome. But we need to act really fast! I really want to save cheetahs because there are only 7,500 left. Did you know that cheetahs are cute and they have yellowish fur with black spots? How funny they look! They are so fast, they are really faster than a racing car!!! They live in the grasslands of the burning Africa! Also they are the second biggest cat. They are endangered because poachers are killing them and their habitat is becoming destroyed! Please save cheetahs!!! from These beautiful animals and helpful animals are becoming extinct. If you want to save a it costs £3 per month!!
9 grammar, punctuation & spellingTick the correct word to complete the sentence below. Tomorrow we could go for a walk _________ play games indoors. Tick one when or because if
10 Sample test papers in EnglishLet us look at 2016 tests for English. What do you think?
11 Maths – arithmetic paper= 4 X 10 = = 16 ÷ 2 = 48 – 20 = ½ of 32 ¼ of 16 = ¾ of 28
12 Maths - Reasoning paperComplete this calculation: = 15 Circle the shape that is a cylinder
13 Sample test papers in MathsLet us look at some of the sample tests for Maths. What do you think?
14 Useful books to support learningSchofield & Simms – Grammar & Punctuation – Grammar 2 CGP Books: KS1 English SAT BUSTER – 10 minute tests – Grammar, Punctuation & spelling KS1 Maths SAT BUSTER – Reasoning KS1 English SATS practice Papers Reading Paper 1 KS1 English SATS practice Papers Reading Paper 2 KS1 Maths SATS practice Paper1 Arithmetic KS1 Maths SATS practice Paper 2 Reasoning /2017