Reforms to assessment & accountability for primary schools. Target Tracker s Answer

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1 Reforms to assessment & accountability for primary schools Target Tracker s Answer

2 Chris Smith Head of Education Technology, Essex County Council Project Director Target Tracker Emma Breckenridge Deputy Headteacher - Kingfisher Academy Assessment leader, Cuckoo Hall Academy Trust

Emma Breckenridge Deputy Headteacher - Kingfisher

3 What is happening next year? New Performance management arrangements New pay arrangements New SEN arrangements Reduced funding plans New FSM arrangements for KS1 New curriculum and assessment arrangements

4 It s not about pleasing the government

5 Nor appeasing Ofsted

6 Its about engaging children in their learning

7 Its about giving you more choice about what to keep and what to remove

8 Principles of Effective assessment systems Give reliable information to parents about how their child, and their child s school, is performing a. Allow meaningful tracking of pupils towards end of key stage expectations in the new curriculum, including regular feedback to parents. b. Provide information which is transferable and easily understood and covers both qualitative and quantitative assessment. c. Differentiate attainment between pupils of different abilities, giving early recognition of pupils who are falling behind and those who are excelling. d. Are reliable and free from bias. Target Tracker does and will be able to fulfil this principle.

Provide information which is transferable and easily understood and co

9 Principles of Effective assessment systems Help drive improvement for pupils and teachers a. Are closely linked to improving the quality of teaching. b. Ensure feedback to pupils contributes to improved learning and is focused on specific and tangible objectives. c. Produce recordable measures which can demonstrate comparison against expected standards and reflect progress over time. Target Tracker and TAS does and will be able to fulfil this principle.

10 Principles of Effective assessment systems Make sure the school is keeping up with external best practice and innovation a. Are created in consultation with those delivering best practice locally. b. Are created in consideration of, and are benchmarked against, international best practice. Target Tracker Multi does and will be able to fulfil this principle.

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11 A few surprises The EYFS profile has been replaced with a new baseline test early in YR. No changes to P-scales. Early years assessments will be put in the hands of publishers Infant schools that don t use a commercial test will be measured on attainment alone. (schools may make decisions based on their historical patterns of performance.) A new Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling test introduced at KS1 to inform the writing mark.

Early years assessments will be put in the hands of publishers Infant schools that don t use a commercial

12 What!!!! Sufficient progress a key accountability measure has not been defined. The new progress measure won t come into force until 2023 The results of KS1 assessment won t count for Primary schools The government is intending to publish performance descriptors for the end of KS1 and KS2 in the Autumn, but they will be simple pass/fail descriptors

won t count for Primary schools The government is intending to publish performance

13 Just another re-write?

14 A shift of approach in the curriculum From Processes & skills Development Learning continuum To Knowledge Acquisition Mastery

15 A shift of approach in assessment From Differential tests Best-fit level descriptors Levels To Can/can t tests Pass/fail descriptor Test scores & comparative placing

23 What will happen at the next election? And will it make a difference?

24 Target Tracker s Solution

25 Aim To have one system which allows assessment of both Levels and the new curriculum Enables teachers to see what a child has learned on their journey to mastery Shows which children are not on track for secondary readiness Allows Senior managers and teachers to show current and future attainment and progress of their groups and cohorts.

26 Steps b Beginning b+ Beginning + w Working within w+ Working within + s Secure s+ Secure +

27 Age bands in grey Chris Tracy Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 W+ S S+ B B+ W W+ S S+ B B+ W Sp2 Sp2 Progress made in year 3 Progress made in year 4 Current attainment at the second half of the spring term

33 Report showing attainment Y3 s+ Y4 b Y4 b+ Y4 w Y4 w+ Y4 s 4 S+ Y5 b Reading

34 Report showing attainment Y3 s+ Y4 b Y4 b+ Y4 w Y4 w+ Y4 s 4 S+ Y5 b Reading Reading Y3 s+ Y4 b Y4 b+ Y4 w Y4 w+ Y4 s 4 S+ Y5 b James Dean Mary Ahmed Chris Jane Peter Michael Avsa Ben Darren Norman Mohan Tim Sarah Charles Eve Frances Summer George Harry Ellie Igor John Katie Lorna Peter Rachael Rebecca

35 Report showing attainment Y3 s+ Y4 b Y4 b+ Y4 w Y4 w+ Y4 s 4 S+ Y5 b Reading Reading Y3 s+ Y4 b Y4 b+ Y4 w Y4 w+ Y4 s 4 S+ Y5 b James Dean Mary Ahmed Sophie Chris Jane Peter Michael Avsa Ben Darren Norman Mohan Tim Sarah Charles Eve Frances Summer George Harry Ellie Igor John Katie Lorna Peter Rachael Rebecca Y3 s+ Y4 b Y4 b+ Y4 w Y4 w+ Y4 s 4 S+ Y5 b Reading 100%+ 85%+ 75%+ 71%+ 64%+ 61%+ 52%+ 23%+

36 Report to show progress

37 Target Tracker will have: Facility to record performance descriptor judgements Record all statutory tests across EYFS to KS 2 Record the new baseline test Record non statutory tests and results can be correlated with TAs for validation purposes Will produce reports to show any year vulnerability against new floor targets

39 Reading Spring 2 Pupil Subject Term Show Term Assessed Statements 2b 42 2b+ 43 2w 44 2w+ 45 2s 46 2s+ 47 3b 48 3b+ 49 3w 50 3w+ 51 3s 52

40 Reading Spring 2 Reading All Statements Pupil Subject Term Show Term Assessed Statements 2b 42 2b+ 43 2w 44 2w+ 45 2s 46 2s+ 47 3b 48 3b+ 49 3w 50 3w+ 51 3s

41 Reading Spring 2 Reading All Statements Pupil Subject Term Show Term Assessed Statements 2b 42 2b+ 43 2w 44 2w+ 45 2s 46 2s+ 47 3b 48 3b+ 49 3w 50 3w+ 51 3s

42 Subjects Core Subjects Spoken Language Reading Writing Mathematics Science

43 Attainment Targets Mathematics Number Number and Place Value Number- Addition and Subtraction Number Multiplication and Division Number - Fractions Measurement Geometry Statistics Ratio and Proportion Algebra

44 Attainment Targets Mathematics Number Number and Place Value Number- Addition and Subtraction Number Multiplication and Division Number - Fractions Measurement Geometry Statistics Ratio and Proportion Algebra

46 Pupil (and Group) Summary Reports

49 count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number 2

50 Reports

52 New Reports

54 New Reports

55 Target Tracker has the data for 1 million children in 2500 schools We will be using this to help schools benchmark their school against what is happening across the country. To show attainment and progress in the new steps for each year.

56 Target Tracker - Multi St Mary s Primary School Oak Tree Primary School Riverside Primary School The Blue Primary School Holy Trinity Primary School St Andrew s Primary School

57 Test Analysis Identifies strengths and weaknesses/gaps in provision Encourages and develops assessment capable learners Includes SATs and Rising Stars templates. Or create your own

59 Thank you (option 2) Sales & Training

Assessment Policy. Date of next review: September 2016

Assessment Policy. Date of next review: September 2016 Assessment Policy 2015 Policy Review Details This policy will be reviewed by the governing body on an annual basis Date of Issue: September 2015 Governor Signature Date of next review: September 2016 Headteacher