results and age
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Darkheart
results and age
Hi
I expect to be moving to the Essex area sometime during the next six months so have been reading this forum trying to learn all i can ready for my son taking the test next year.
My son has just started year 5 and got the following results in his year 4 SAT's
Maths 4A
Reading 4C
Writing 3C
Science 4C
BUT his birthday is late August so he'll be almost a year younger than some.
Can someone please give me some advice
I've read that Essex schools don't take age into account in their results, but was wandering if his results of his year 4 SAT's have taken age into account.
If SAT's are adjusted to allow for age differences then i would like to know his level without the adjustment to see how he would fair against the older ones in the same year if we decide to apply for the Grammers.
thanks
I expect to be moving to the Essex area sometime during the next six months so have been reading this forum trying to learn all i can ready for my son taking the test next year.
My son has just started year 5 and got the following results in his year 4 SAT's
Maths 4A
Reading 4C
Writing 3C
Science 4C
BUT his birthday is late August so he'll be almost a year younger than some.
Can someone please give me some advice
I've read that Essex schools don't take age into account in their results, but was wandering if his results of his year 4 SAT's have taken age into account.
If SAT's are adjusted to allow for age differences then i would like to know his level without the adjustment to see how he would fair against the older ones in the same year if we decide to apply for the Grammers.
thanks
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Guest
These SATs are not age adjusted. They are designed to indicate the national curriculum level which your child has attained, rather than to provide a comparison with children of the same age.
When the KS2 SATs are taken in year 6 I believe that NFER produce a table allowing schools or parents to work out an age-adjusted standardised score based on their actual scores in the tests. These would appear as scores between 70 and 140, with 100 being the national average for a child that age. This information is in addition to the SATs level (eg 4A or 5) achieved and most schools don't give parents these standardised scores (unless they ask). You can find previous tables on the NFER website which might give you an indication of the spread across the age range.
I suggest that you try not to get to hung up on SATs scores, however, as they bear limited relation to the 11+ exams which are designed to test potential not just prior attainment.
When the KS2 SATs are taken in year 6 I believe that NFER produce a table allowing schools or parents to work out an age-adjusted standardised score based on their actual scores in the tests. These would appear as scores between 70 and 140, with 100 being the national average for a child that age. This information is in addition to the SATs level (eg 4A or 5) achieved and most schools don't give parents these standardised scores (unless they ask). You can find previous tables on the NFER website which might give you an indication of the spread across the age range.
I suggest that you try not to get to hung up on SATs scores, however, as they bear limited relation to the 11+ exams which are designed to test potential not just prior attainment.
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Guest
Sorry, correction to above post. The age standardised stuff is on the qca website, not NFER. Reference is http://www.qca.org.uk/libraryAssets/med ... 05_wo1.pdf or get there via links from qca.org.uk !
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Anne42
Maybe you should move to Medway , our test is so heavliy weighted, in favour of the younger one's , even the head teacher said children born in August have the best chance .
I was already feeling very annoyed about it , due to my older daughter missing by 10 , when younger ones were creeping through by 1 or 2 point's , but for her to actually say it !
As an example , the minimum weighting is 70 . I'm not saying the younger children should not get extra , but that amount is ridiculous.
I was already feeling very annoyed about it , due to my older daughter missing by 10 , when younger ones were creeping through by 1 or 2 point's , but for her to actually say it !
As an example , the minimum weighting is 70 . I'm not saying the younger children should not get extra , but that amount is ridiculous.
That's really interesting. Every school and authority seems to have it's own set of rules. Our child is August birthday - but the school we applied for do not adjust the scores to reflect age - hence he was competing against children who had physically spent a whole year longer in school. Perhaps we should move to Medway? I can see a big influx of families seeking homes in your area with every child an August baby!!! 
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