Key Stage 2 SATs
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Key Stage 2 SATs
I am seeking any information regarding the Key Stage 2 SATS Year 6 children will sit this May.
It was my understanding, that this is the first year, under the new National Curriculum and as such level descriptors will be removed and a standardised score will be used to grade the children.
However, I was surprised to read in Medway Council’s Transfer To Secondary School information, under the Keep up The Good Work hand out, that grading would be under the Level 4, 5 & 6 criteria!
Does anyone have any information on how the system will work?
Thanks in advance.
It was my understanding, that this is the first year, under the new National Curriculum and as such level descriptors will be removed and a standardised score will be used to grade the children.
However, I was surprised to read in Medway Council’s Transfer To Secondary School information, under the Keep up The Good Work hand out, that grading would be under the Level 4, 5 & 6 criteria!
Does anyone have any information on how the system will work?
Thanks in advance.
Re: Key Stage 2 SATs
It's all in the KS2 test thread -
"From 2016, scaled scores will be used to report national curriculum test outcomes.
For the KS2 tests a scaled score of 100 will represent the ‘expected standard’. (See section 4 for more details.)
STA will publish test results on the NCA tools website on 5 July 2016. Each pupil registered for the tests will receive:
* a raw score (the number of marks awarded)
* a scaled score
* and confirmation of whether or not they attained the expected standard
Conversion tables for the 2016 tests will also be published on GOV.UK on Tuesday 5 July so schools can understand how pupils’ scaled scores are derived from their raw scores."
From: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/2016-key-st ... st-results" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Teacher assessments:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/2016-key-st ... assessment" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"From 2016, scaled scores will be used to report national curriculum test outcomes.
For the KS2 tests a scaled score of 100 will represent the ‘expected standard’. (See section 4 for more details.)
STA will publish test results on the NCA tools website on 5 July 2016. Each pupil registered for the tests will receive:
* a raw score (the number of marks awarded)
* a scaled score
* and confirmation of whether or not they attained the expected standard
Conversion tables for the 2016 tests will also be published on GOV.UK on Tuesday 5 July so schools can understand how pupils’ scaled scores are derived from their raw scores."
From: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/2016-key-st ... st-results" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Teacher assessments:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/2016-key-st ... assessment" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Key Stage 2 SATs
Guest 55,
Thank you
Thank you
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They probably haven't updated the booklet - Secondary schools will get the KS2 data whatever format it is in!
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I'd just like to emphasise, didledad, one point which might not be so obvious. Each pupil receive a scaled score, with 100 representing the ‘expected standard’. This is very different from a standardised score, where 100 represents the arithmetic mean (average).
A child who achieves a scaled score of 100 might be above or below the average score of the cohort, depending on whether the average pupil met the ‘expected standard’ or not. As a result, extracting something useful from the scores will be a challenge.
A child who achieves a scaled score of 100 might be above or below the average score of the cohort, depending on whether the average pupil met the ‘expected standard’ or not. As a result, extracting something useful from the scores will be a challenge.
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The averages are going to be published I think.
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Goodheart,
Thank you for the clarification, I had wrongly assumed a scaled score of 100 and a standardised score of 100 both represented the mid point of the standard distribution of scores. However, upon reflection I can now see that a scaled score reflects an expected outcome, rather than being one of a distribution of scores that you would expect to see represented by a Bell Curve.
Thank you for the clarification, I had wrongly assumed a scaled score of 100 and a standardised score of 100 both represented the mid point of the standard distribution of scores. However, upon reflection I can now see that a scaled score reflects an expected outcome, rather than being one of a distribution of scores that you would expect to see represented by a Bell Curve.