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Multiplication tables check: validity framework
Validity framework for the multiplication tables check (MTC).
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Following the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report and the associated government response in November 2025, future assessment arrangements are under review in line with the relevant recommendations. Assessment arrangements for the academic year 2026 to 2027 will remain unchanged.
The MTC is statutory for all year 4 pupils registered at state-funded maintained schools, special schools or academies, including free schools, in England.
This validity framework has been produced for test developers and others with an interest in assessment, to help them understand the validity argument that supports the MTC as an assessment.