[only for people in Scotland] Has your child sat the new tests? Do you know anything about the results or whatever?

[Arkadia]

Already posted on Scotnet some weeks ago, but hardly anyone seems to go there.

Anyway, I am talking about the spanking new standardized tests to be done in P1, P4, P7 and S3.
I thought there would be a mention in the school report, but nothing.
I have asked the HT and was told that they have to attend a training course first, so we may get something at the end of August.

Has anyone got any first hand information?

Why are you so desperate to see the questions?

I'm a primary school teacher of P4 in Scotland and I can confirm that the tests were a total waste of time. As teachers, we received hardly any training about how to interpret the results and I've only seen them for 2 pupils in my class.
The SNSA tests were not popular with teachers or headteachers as they were not standardised and there's a fear that the results will be used to compare schools/teachers/years.
The results tell you what topic the questions was on, whether is was low, medium or high difficulty level and if the answer was correct or not.
It is one assessment tool among many and (hopefully) wouldn't provide any new information.

I explained this to you on your other thread.

There were only so many questions in the bank. Releasing them to the public would have invalidated the process as there was the risk of children being coached by parents. Whether or not they will be released now is up to the government.

A child cannot be judged by one test, neither can their teachers or their schools. A child may have been tired, hungry or unwell, the question might just have been worded in a way they didn't understand. Or the child may just have guessed.

CfE isn't perfect, but relying on tests isn't the way forward either.

@MamaSloth, why only two pupils, what about the rest?
Also, isn't the computer generated feedback self explanatory? What training do you seek/need?
Still if you are unable to see the paper, I am getting more and more convinced that the feedback is pointless.