1. Year 6 Testing and Preparation Arrangements Summer 2016

2. 2016 Statutory Assessment… the story so far Tests for Reading, Maths and SPaG (marked externally on screen) Science Sampling for some schools No separate papers for what was Level 6 / More Able Raw score converted to a scaled score Teacher Assessment for Reading, Writing, Maths and Science

3. 2016 Statutory Assessment Timetable

5. Problems… School Leaders want the tests suspended this year because: This is the first year after the removal of “levels” The teacher-marked part of this year’s key stage 2 assessments is based on an “interim” framework. Next year will bring about more change Primary schools were not being offered much support from their local authorities in transitioning to life after levels Continuing with levels, the changes have also resulted in complications around measuring the ability of children working below the expected standard Writing assessments have been brought forward by a month* In two weeks alone, more than 30 amendments were made to primary assessment documentation At the same time, schools were informed all pupils would be expected to use a comma as a thousand separator Changes in the written assessment are also adding to teachers’ burdens

6. However… We have worked hard all year on these and our children deserve a chance.

7. Reading Papers: Format of the Tests

8. Reading Papers: question types

9. Reading Papers: what can’t be tested

10. The 7 Assessment Foci

11. What are the Reading Abilities / Skills we are Teaching and Assessing?

12. Maths Papers: test format

13. Maths Papers: content domain

14. Maths Papers: question types

15. Maths Papers: Problem Solving – common weaknesses

16. SPaG Papers: test format

17. SPaG Tests

18. SPaG Question Types

19. Important things to note about spelling! Children can write in upper or lower case unless it is a proper noun – then it must be written in lower case with the appropriate capital to get the mark If children insert an incorrect apostrophe or hyphen into a word – the word is classed as being mis-spelt BUT – children will also be penalised for spelling things incorrectly in paper 1 eg if they mis-spell: verb forms contractions (Q7 – doesn’t) prefixes and suffixes (Q12 and Q39 – forming new adjectives from nouns) plurals They will also be penalised if they mis-use capitals, eg in Q41 the word inserted into the gap, must begin with a lower case letter: this has implications for accuracy in handwriting – especially w s c o v k p u

20. Any Questions?