Transcript Information for Parents on Key Stage 2 SATs

What does SATs Stand For?
 Statutory Assessment Tasks and Tests (also
includes Teacher Assessment).
 Usually taken at the end of Key Stage 1 (at
age 7) and at the end of Key Stage 2 (at age
11).
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What level should
children be at?
 Around 85%+ of children are at Level 4 by
the end of Key Stage 2.
 Some children will still be at Level 3 and
some children will achieve Level 5 or above.
 A small percentage of children will not yet
be working at Level 3.
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How are the children assessed?
 For children working at Level 3 and above,
there are two sorts of assessments:
 Tests
 Teacher assessments.
 For children working below Level 3, the only
statutory assessment is teacher assessment
and those children do not take the tests.
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What does teacher assessment involve and
is it different from testing?
 Teacher assessment draws together everything the
teacher or teachers know about a child, including
observations, marked work and school assessments.
 Teacher assessment is not a ‘snapshot’ like tests and is
therefore more reliable.
 There can be a difference between teacher assessment
results and test levels.
 Teacher assessment only, is used for children who work
below level 3.
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When do these tests happen?
 This year the tests dates will be from the 11th
- 15th May.
 It is a busy week for children and staff alike.
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How is SATs week organised?
 A timetable is issued to school, telling us
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which days tests must be administered.
We can determine at what time tests begin.
All children must sit the tests at the same time.
Test papers can only be opened 1 hour before the tests
begin.
Tests are completed in classrooms, with any displays that
may help covered over.
The LA monitor 10% of schools per year.
Children are divided into groups for test administration
to ensure they are properly supported and feel secure.
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What help can children have?
 In the reading test, children must read the text and questions
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by themselves, but MAY have help recording their answers, if
this is done in a normal classroom situation.
In the maths and SPAG papers teachers can read questions to
any child who asks, some children will have the whole paper
read to them, on a one to one.
Teachers can encourage, but not guide or say that an answer is
correct or incorrect.
Some children can be given up to 25% extra time if they have
identified learning needs. This has to be applied for in
advance.
Words on a test paper can be transcribed where a marker may
not be able to read a child’s answer.
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How can parents help?
 The best help is interest taken in
learning
and progress.
 Attending meetings and parents evenings.
 Supporting home learning.
 Not putting children under too much pressure
Ensuring children arrive for tests:
in good time
having had breakfast
having gone to bed at a reasonable time
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ENGLISH
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Reading Comprehension
 The reading test was changed in 2014. This year,
as last year, the texts in the levels 3-5 English
reading booklet will not be linked by a theme.
The booklet will contain three or four texts. The
least demanding text will come first with the
following texts increasing in level of difficulty.
 Instead of being given 15 minutes reading time
and 45 minutes to answer the questions,
children will have a total of one hour to read the
texts and complete the questions at their own
pace.
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 The reading answer booklet will comprise
approximately 35 to 40 questions (totalling 50
marks). The questions are:
 shorter, closed response items (such as
multiple choice and matching questions);
 shorter, open response items
 longer, open response items that require
children to explain and comment on the texts
in order to demonstrate a full understanding.
 Questions are worth 1, 2 or 3 marks.
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English grammar, punctuation and
spelling
 A new statutory test of English grammar,
punctuation and spelling was introduced
for children at the end of Key Stage 2
from May 2013.
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 The level 3-5 test will assess children’s
abilities in the following technical
aspects of English:
 grammar;
 punctuation;
 spelling;
 vocabulary;
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Examples
Circle all the adverbs in the sentence below.
Open the drawers carefully and quietly
when using the filing cabinet.
Add a suffix to this word to make an
adjective.
dread ______________
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Complete the sentence below with a
contraction that makes sense.
If you give me the recipe____________
buy the ingredients on the way home.
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MATHS
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 The levels 3-5 mathematics test consists of:
 two non-calculator papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2,
each lasting 45 minutes
 mental mathematics test, with 20 questions of
increasing difficulty
 Children’s marks from all three tests are
aggregated to calculate their overall mathematics
level.
 Teachers may read questions in both written
papers to pupils if asked.
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SCIENCE
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 Science sampling tests for children at the end of key
stage 2 recommenced in June 2014 on a biennial basis.
There will be no science sampling in 2015.
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2012013 Test Timetable3 Test
2015 Test Timetable
11th May
12th May
13th May
14th May
Reading Test
1 hour
English
grammar,
punctuation
and spelling
test
Mental Maths
Test
20 minutes
Maths Test B
45 minutes
Maths Test A
45 minutes
Level 6
Reading
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Level 6 SPAG
Level 6 Maths
papers 1 & 2
15th May