Nc levels end yr 2

[givemeaclue]

Teacher says dd should be aiming for level 3 by end yr2. She is in yr1. Not familiar with no levels but just done a google and understand that there are sub levels within each level etc.

Is there a higher level than level 3 that can be achieved by end yr2 or is that the highest?

Thanks

[Feenie]

Except that a level 3 paper by itself is not nearly enough evidence to award a level 3 teacher assessment, tests.

Schools should be moderating work across the board anyway - not just tests at y2.

[Feenie]

Tess, not tests.

[mrz]

"But don't schools have more freedom to choose their own curriculum after September?" No CQ we will have a different National Curriculum that's all

[tess73]

They did teacher assess but only those who also showed level 3 in the test actually got the level 3. Many were marked back down to 2a one the yr3 teachers moderated the tests esp in writing.

[Feenie]

I hope it was a much more thorough process than that, which I'm afraid sounds very confused.

[mrz]

Sorry tess but the tests are only meant to support teacher assessment and as they only cover a small part of the level 3 content and can only be considered a snapshot they should not be used to award a level

[PastSellByDate]

Tess73 - may help to read Mumsnet pages on NC Levels: www.mumsnet.com/learning/assessment/national-curriculum-levels - on each page there is a little blue box - click the boxes for what the levels mean & progress through the levels on next two pages - and by the end you should have a clearer idea about how the NC Levels work.

Now just to throw a spanner in the works - apparently Gove has decided to abandon NC Levels. What will replace them has yet to be decided but has been devolved down to individual schools - which sounds a recipe for disaster frankly - as schools can say your child is 5 unicorns and doing fabulously and as a parent you've no means of establishing what on earth that actually means. (more info here: www.nfer.ac.uk/about-nfer/news/losing-levels-must-not-mean-a-return-to-localism-in-assessment-warn-experts.cfm)

mrz - although I totally take your point that tests shouldn't be dictating levels. At many schools teachers (through fear/ anxiety/ pressure/ weakness/ etc...) let the scores on optional/ practice SATs dictate their assessment of pupil performance. It shouldn't - but it does. My DDs are tested 3x a year and if their score is lower than expected, their 'target' is brought back and I get the talk about 'loss of learning' over summer/ plateau/ etc...

HTH