Assessment Sept 2014 - Summary

Below is a summary of the assessment presentation on CPD day. (The slides are also on the WIN)

Primaries

• Levels have been removed and will not be replaced by the government.
• Students in yr6 in 2014/15 will sit the old style KS2 tests and will be reported with a level. 
• There will be a test to establish a baseline to measure progress against. This will either take place in Reception or Yr1. (Still under consultation)
• The accountability measures for primaries will rise to 85% of pupils being 'Secondary Ready’. This threshold is expected to be higher than the current Level 4 measure.
• From 2016 - KS2 students will receive a scaled score (100 being the threshold - e.g. 112 = above average.) Students will be ranked into deciles. (Still under consultation) 

Wildern

• From Sept 2014 we will no longer use the existing Levels for new cohorts of students. 
• Year 8 in Sept 2014 will continue to be assessed using Levels to avoid confusion for parents and students.
• SLT will provide the framework for the new assessment model. This will be explored as a whole staff.
• Departments will be responsible for writing the assessment criteria for their curriculum areas.
• The new assessment model will be trialled and communicated to students and parents from June 2013.

Monday 3 February 2014 CPD

Plenary activities

AfL

Curriculum changes 'to catch up with world's best' - 8 July 2013

Mr Gove has announced changes to the curriculum for computing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23222068

Python - CM Meeting 040713

# Receive and Return
# Demonstrates parameters and return values

def display(message):
    print(message)

def give_me_five():
    five = 5
    return five

def ask_yes_no(question):
    """Ask a yes or no question."""
    response = None
    while response not in ("y", "n"):
        response = input(question).lower()
    return response

# main
display("Here's a message for you.\n")

number = give_me_five()
print("Here's what I got from give_me_five():", number)

answer = ask_yes_no("\nPlease enter 'y' or 'n': ")
print("Thanks for entering:", answer)

input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")

Middle Leaders Development Programme