Testing at Key Stage Two takes
place in set weeks during May. This year they will take place
from 13 to 17 May 2002. See the timetable.
| Key Stage
1 |
Infant School |
| Key stage
2 |
Junior School |
| Key stage
3 & 4 |
Secondary School |
| National
curriculum |
This is what
the government says we have to put into practice. |
| Programmes
of study |
This is what teachers
have to teach. |
| Level |
A method of comparing your child's
ability against local and national standards of achievement.
The spread of marks required to achieve each level is wide. It
takes, on average, two years to complete each level. At the end
of Key stage 1, an average ability child is expected to have
gained level 2 and at the end of Key Stage 2 level 4. A child
who achieves level five is doing very well. A child who passes
GCSE at grade C has achieved level seven. |
| Level descriptors |
This is what teachers use to decide
what level a child is working at.
|
| Teacher assessment |
Level given to child by teacher based
on work throughout the year. |
| SATs |
Tests given at the end of each year
to show progress. |
| National
Tests |
The
name given by the Government to the statutory tests in the Core
and Foundation subjects of the National Curriculum, taken by
all children in Local Authority schools in England, Wales and
Northern Ireland at the end of Key Stage 1 to 3 (ages 7, 11 and
14 in England and Wales). They are sometimes referred to as 'SATs'
(Standard Assessment Tasks). |
| Standard
Age Score or Standard Score |
This tells you how your child is doing compared
with other children born in the same month. The mean (average) score for each age group on
an assessment is set at 100 and the standard deviation at 15.
For any age group a given numerical value has the same meaning
in terms of standing relative to the group. For example, an eight
year old and a nine year old, each of whom has a standard age
score of 105, have performed equally well in relation to the
average for their respective age groups. (See My
child compared to other children) |
| Raw Score |
This is simply the total of the marks
obtained on that test. |
| League tables
& Ofsted reports |
These
are tests for teachers!
|
| Baseline
Assessment |
A test designed
to establish the attainment level of children when they first
enter schools at 5 years and transfer to secondary schools at
11 years. Their performance is regarded as a 'baseline' from
which their subsequent performance may be predicted, monitored
and any relative improvement or deterioration judged. |
| Reading Age |
This tells you the current developmental
level of a child's performance in a particular area of reading.
For example, a nine-year-old child with a reading age of nine
is performing at the national average level for his or her age.
Another child aged nine years, with a reading age of 10, is developmentally
12 months ahead of the average in reading. |
