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Includes information about the new 2016 tests, scaled scores, sample test materials, test frameworks, modified test materials and test orders
An investigation into the approach to domain sampling for the new suite of national curriculum tests.
Includes information about scaled scores, sample test materials, test frameworks, modified test materials and test orders
Information for schools about the standard setting process for key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Information to help teachers prepare for the new tests of the new national curriculum.
Information on the processes for the design, development and delivery of the 2016 and 2017 key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Provisional marking review data for the 2016 key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Information about the requirement for selected schools to participate in statutory national curriculum test trials
Information for schools about the standard setting process for key stage 1 national curriculum tests in 2016.
Practice materials for the phonics screening check, key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests, including past test papers.
Information about scaled scores for the 2016 key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Information about scaled scores for the 2016 key stage 1 national curriculum tests.
Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the KS2 national curriculum.
PDF format versions of the 2016 assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
A summary of the main changes introduced for 2016
Information for schools and local authorities about scaled scores and the expected standard of the 2023 national curriculum tests.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 2 English reading test.
Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
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