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Includes information about the new 2016 tests, scaled scores, sample test materials, test frameworks, modified test materials and test orders
Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and Unified English Braille (UEB) versions of the 2022 key stage 2 (KS2) English reading test.
Guidance for local authorities on how to conduct monitoring visits for the key stage 2 (KS2) tests, including completing the monitoring visit form.
Guidance for administering the 2024 key stage 2 national curriculum tests to pupils with hearing or visual impairments.
Information for schools about the standard setting process for key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Technical specification for software suppliers, educators and local authorities completing returns for the key stage 2 data collection.
PDF format versions of the 2016 assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
About the 2016 key stage ARA and how to use the new manuals format
Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the KS2 national curriculum.
An MoU describing how Ofqual and the Standards and Testing Agency will work together.
Dates throughout the 2015 to 2016 assessment cycle
How different types of schools participate in the tests, which pupils should take them and details of access arrangements
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
Outlines what the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests are, why children must take them and how they will benefit.
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
Scaled score conversion tables for schools and local authorities to use for the 2024 national curriculum tests.
A summary of the main changes introduced for 2016
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