Nursery World - Views sought on pupil assessment

New ways of monitoring children's progress at Key Stage 1 in England have been put up for consultation by the Department for Education and Skills. Under a pilot project involving 5,000 schools, teachers' assessments will be combined with tests to provide pupils with an overall mark for maths and English. This is viewed by many teachers as providing a more accurate guide than the current system of administering SATS to seven-year-olds.

Under a pilot project involving 5,000 schools, teachers' assessments will be combined with tests to provide pupils with an overall mark for maths and English. This is viewed by many teachers as providing a more accurate guide than the current system of administering SATS to seven-year-olds.

Announcing the consultation last week, the DfESsaid, 'These trialled changes to assessment and reporting arrangements will be subject to an independent evaluation commissioned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority before a decision is taken about any national roll-out. The findings of this consultation will be given consideration as part of this evaluation.'

In the pilot schools the overall mark for each subject will be the only one given to parents in pupil reports and passed to the DfES via the local education authority. This information would also be passed to any school a pupil moved to.

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