SATs Information Evening Wednesday 7th November 2018

1. SATs Information Evening Wednesday 7th November 2018

2. Structure of the evening 6:30-6:50 Information about SATs and SATs week 6:55-7:15 Workshop 7:20-7:40 Workshop

3. 2019 Test timetable

4. Participation in the tests • Pupils working well below the standard of the tests. • Access arrangements- must be based on normal classroom practice. • Small groups. • Absence during test week.

5. Key changes to the KS2 tests (4th year) • The new national curriculum. • No longer reported using levels. • No level 6 tests.

6. Scaled scores • A scaled score of 100 will always represent the ‘expected standard’. • National ‘expected standard’ will roughly equate to an old level 4b. • The pupil’s raw score will be translated into a scaled score. “We can’t give full information about what the scale will look like yet. We need to wait until pupils have taken the tests and the tests have been marked before we can set the national standard and the rest of the scale.”

7. Score conversions

8. Results • Raw score. • A scaled score. • Confirmation of whether or not they attained the expected standard. • Teacher Assessment. • TA for KS2 English writing is subject to statutory external moderation.

9. Test results Your child’s scaled score is based on their raw score. The raw score is the total number of marks they scored in the test, based on the number of questions they answered correctly. Scaled scores help test results to be reported consistently from one year to the next. National curriculum tests are designed to be as similar as possible year on year, but slight differences in difficulty will occur between years. Scaled scores maintain their meaning over time so that two pupils achieving the same scaled score in different years will have demonstrated the same attainment. Pupils with a scaled score of 100 or more will have met the expected standard on the test. The lowest scaled score that can be awarded is 80 and the highest is 120.

10. Teacher assessments • KS2 English reading, mathematics and science teacher assessment codes • For KS2 English reading, mathematics and science there are two standards teachers are allowed to report: • working at the expected standard (EXS) • has not met the expected standard (HNM)

11. Teacher assessments • KS2 English writing teacher assessment codes • For KS2 English writing, teacher assessment is the primary outcome used for accountability as pupils do not sit a writing test. There are four standards teachers must use to report: • working towards the expected standard (WTS) • working at the expected standard (EXS) • working at greater depth within the expected standard (GDS) • Pupils will be grouped into 4 categories for accountability; the 3 categories above plus an additional category for those pupils that do not meet the ‘working towards’ standard.

12. During test week • Ensure your child has plenty of sleep. • Make sure you give them a good breakfast – they will need the energy. • Make sure they have something to eat at break time. • Make sure they have a bottle of water. • Get them to school on time so they are not rushed and worried. • Help them to be organised with equipment. • Keep their normal routines e.g. attendance at clubs. • And finally...a treat to say, “Well done for surviving SATs!” :)