My dd is in reception, and the target for reception children is to be on green books by the end of the year. Does this seem unrealistic? When my ds was at infants in the 1990s, children often only attained blue by the end of year1, but still comfortably attained 2b/2a at the end of year 2 in the sats.
However, in my view sats tests for reading were misleading. You could get a 2a in the level 2 reading test if you had good comprehension but level 1b decoding skills. Working out answers using pictures and contexts could get you full marks even if you could only read half the words. Similarly, the level 3 test just indicated good comprehension ( that some children on P8 had) and 2b decoding skills. Do teachers agree this made sats worthless? It is great that more weight is given now to teacher assessment.
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Ambitious class reading targets
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Djwkin · 26/10/2012 15:13
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