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This is a high quality maths assessment system for children
in Year 6. The professionally produced materials have been written by 2 practising
primary heads who have a very strong maths background. The assessments, which have
been designed to support the Renewed Primary Maths Framework, APP and Assessment
for Learning, follow on from our highly acclaimed and successful assessments
for the original Numeracy Framework.We have already supplied almost 3000 of our
Renewed Framework assessments to primary schools.
The assessments are designed to complement the ASSESSING PUPILS' PROGRESS
STRATEGY (APP). Each question from the assessments is related to an
objective from the Renewed Framework. The questions and objectives have been fully
cross referenced to the APP Guidelines Grids - this will save teachers hours of
work when gathering evidence and making judgements for APP purposes. The materials
are formative as well as summative and they assess the objectives for each
block and unit of the renewed framework. They provide a detailed breakdown
of the strengths and weaknesses of individuals, a group or class. Each block
and unit assessment can be used as evidence to support judgements when implementing
APP. This evidence then informs future planning and becomes an integral part of
a school's ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING POLICY.
Using the assessments
There is an assessment for the children's learning in each of the 15 blocks
and units. There is also a set of 5 optional 'Using and Applying'
questions which can be used as part of each assessment or, alternatively, these
can be used to support teaching throughout the unit.
The assessments for the shorter 2 week units (A, C and D) contain 10 questions
and the assessments for the longer 3 week units (B and E) contain 15 questions.
The assessments are delivered as A4 booklets, so that they can be photocopied
easily onto A3 paper and folded into booklets, or alternatively they can
be copied as A4 sheets.
The assessments have been designed with maximum flexibility regarding when they
should be carried out. They will fit any curriculum design or format
and are completely flexible. The notes which accompany the assessments are
concise and clearly explain the administration and usage of the materials.
We have also developed a guide to levelling to complement the assessment
system. Each child can be given a level when an assessment or assessments
have been completed; a simple conversion table is provided to facilitate this.
This is vital in order to effectively assess and track children's progress.
There is also an objectives grid and an attachable set of objectives for each assessment.
After plotting the children's results onto the grid, it then becomes clear which
objectives need further reinforcement and where any gaps in learning may have occured.
The grid can be used to analyse the learning of individual children, specific groups
or the whole class.
The comprehensive assessment package includes:
- clear, concise notes on the administration and uses of the
system
- 15 written assessments per year group matching the blocks
and units of the Renewed Framework
- 15 sets of 5 optional 'Using and Applying' questions to fit the blocks
and units
- answer sheets for the assessments and the 'Using and Applying'
questions
- an objectives grid with objectives to record and analyse the
performance of the children
- Re-designed APP grids with all levels on one A3 sheet (includes a
grid for each of the attainment targets - Ma1, Ma2, Ma3, Ma4)
- Cross references from the assessment objectives to the APP Guidelines
Grids
- a tracking sheet to track the progress of each child
- a guide to National Curriculum Levelling
We would be very happy to answer any questions that you may have; one of the authors
of the assessments will provide you with a personal reply to your enquiry.
We believe these assessments are among the best on the market as they are written
by headteachers who understand the principles of Assessment for Learning. At just
£25 per year group, we believe there is no comparison on the market for quality
and value. However, please don’t take our word for it – why not request our FREE
SAMPLE CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains samples of all our materials. Please follow this
link to order your FREE CD-ROM.
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