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Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the KS2 national curriculum.
Includes information about the legal status of ARA, the application of the ARA to different types of school and headteachers' responsibilities
An MoU describing how Ofqual and the Standards and Testing Agency will work together.
Dates throughout the 2015 to 2016 assessment cycle
A summary of the main changes introduced for 2016
How different types of schools participate in the tests, which pupils should take them and details of access arrangements
Technical specification for software suppliers, educators and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 data collection 2016.
Details about the return of results to schools, reviews of marking and how the results are used
Information on monitoring the tests including maladministration
About the testing window, keeping materials secure, the headteacher's declaration form (HDF) and reporting results
Key dates, test administration and results for the biennial science sampling tests
Includes what teachers must assess, details of the interim frameworks, pupils working below the standard of the national curriculum, moderation and reporting
Contains information about what reports must cover and reporting on pupils who change schools
Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the national curriculum for 2015 to 2016.
Scaled score conversion tables for schools and local authorities to use for the 2024 national curriculum tests.
Reporting to parents, governing body responsibilities and how EYFS profile assessment results are used
About the 2016 KS1 ARA and how to use the new manuals format
About the EYFS ARA and how to use the new manuals format
Information about grants paid by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to local authorities and academies.
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