30 Oct Government Guidance: 2020 early years foundation stage: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the early years foundation stage (EYFS) profile in 2019 to 2020 academic year. Find the complete guidance here. 24 Oct Government Guidance: Phonics…
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Primary Assessment is changing – again! * Updates to Teacher Assessment Frameworks * Changes to reporting for pupils with SEN – P Scales becoming non-statutory Here at Pupil Asset, we always aim to provide the most up to date resources…
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Keep up-to-date with the latest updates and news on primary assessment – Sept 2019. 27 Sept Update from DfE on how KS1 to KS2 progress will be measured for academic year 2019/20 Q – How will you use assessments from…
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17th July Government Publication: Data burdens on schools Letter from Secretary of State for Education to local authorities and academy trusts on reducing data burdens on schools. Read it here. 9th July Government Publication: 2019 scaled scores at key stage 2 Scaled score…
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24th June Government Publication: Phonics screening check: 2019 materials Scoring guidance, pupils’ materials and answer sheet for the 2019 phonics screening check. Find the guidance here. 24th June Government Publication: National curriculum assessments: practice materials Practice materials for the phonics screening check, key…
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28th May Government Publication: National curriculum assessments: practice materials Practice materials for the phonics screening check, key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests, including past test papers. Find them all here. 28th May Government Publication: Key stage 1: submitting…
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29th April Government Publication: Key stage 1: phonics screening check administration guidance Check administration guidance for headteachers, teachers and school staff administering and scoring the phonics screening check. Find the full guidance here. 29th April Government Publication: Phonics screening check: sample materials and…
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Pupil Asset offers a tracking solution for those schools and academies wishing to use the Kent Tracking Statements and Kent Steps. This is freely available to schools within the Kent Local Authority. Alternatively, settings that buy the Kent system directly…
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22nd March Offer for schools: Maze Education Maze Education are offering schools a free trial of their software including the following tools: Interactive Question Level Analysis; End of year analysis; Bulk student reporting; Drill down to individual children & questions; Strands, sub-strands…
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27th Feb Government Publication: Reception Baseline Information about the new reception baseline assessment for schools and local authorities. These documents provide information for schools and local authorities about the new reception baseline assessment which will be introduced in autumn 2020. Find…
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24th January Secondary accountability measures (including Progress 8 and Attainment 8) Information for schools about secondary school accountability measures, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8. Find it here. 24th January Key stage 1 assessments data collection: guide to submitting data How…
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20th December Updated Guidance: Key stage 1 and key stage 2 test dates Future dates for the key stage 1 and key stage 2 tests (commonly referred to as SATs), phonics screening check, multiplication tables check and science sampling tests. Find…
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22nd November Government Publication: 7 aspects of engagement pilot: qualitative evaluation This evaluation report was produced by IFF Research, working in partnership with Dr. Debs Robinson (University of Derby). It looks at the use of the 7 aspects of engagement as…
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30th October Government Publication: STA Updates for schools This week’s update includes a reminder to place KS1 and KS2 test orders on NCA tools by 23 November; a publication about NCA tools in terms of managing access and a troubleshooting…
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Result Types are the standard summative assessment options that you can use to track students’ results on Pupil Asset. Result types are categorised into 3 different types: Stepped/Linear, Flat or Mark-Set – as well as a generic Other type for free-text. Standard Pupil Asset Result Types Other…
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Pupil Asset always aims to stay up to date and, where necessary, will release new assessment frameworks to ensure that schools have access to the latest from the DfE. On 14 February 2018, the DfE released new Teacher Assessment Frameworks for use…
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Pupil Asset can work with your school to build a flight path model that suits you. To arrange a full consultation, contact our Sales Team on (01603) 631436. These notes outline our most popular linear model ‘Optional, in year Greater Depth…
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Kent Steps are the summative partner to the Kent Tracking Statements used for formative assessment (see here). Kent Steps are numbers that describe children’s attainment in and progress through the age-related expectations of the New National Curriculum. Each number equates to a…
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Pupil Asset’s Framework system is extremely flexible – you are welcome to use any of the included frameworks (including all of the National Curriculum subjects) or add your own frameworks. Alternatively, Pupil Asset works closely with the following assessment providers: …
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A Point in Time Assessment (PITA) is an increasingly popular alternative to tracking attainment and progress in a levels-like, linear fashion. Unlike a linear model whereby pupils are expected to progress through a number of steps/points along a ‘flight path’, in a…
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