DfE Teaching and Learning - Following Lord Bew’s independent review of Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability, National Curriculum tests in mathematics and reading will be administered in line with previous years’ arrangements. Interim arrangements will be in place for writing in 2012, ahead of fully implementing Lord Bew’s recommendations for writing in 2013.
DfE – Website for the review of Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability.
BBC news – A review of Sats tests in England’s primary schools is calling for changes to English tests to increase creativity – but with more focus on the basics.
DfE – Independent Review of Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability: Final Report.
DfE press release – Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability review: Final report published.
TES article – The long-awaited review has called for teacher assessment to replace the Year 6 writing test. But will it go far enough?
TES article – The writing test for primary school children will be scrapped in 2013 after the Government accepted all the recommendations of an independent inquiry.
TES editorial – The sound of silence falls on the SATs battlefield. But will this shaky ceasefire hold?
The purpose of this new document is to outline how assessment can be used in schools to improve learning for all pupils and to provide a framework for school review and self-evaluation.