Progress definition help

[Sunshine818]

Hi, our DD has on school achievement tracking for Reading- 'on track for secure ARE' can anyone enlighten me on what this actually means?

ARE = Age Related Expectations.

So that is the standard average level that a child should be on at their age.
On track for that means that at the end of this year she will be where she should be. (it is always related to end of year assessment, there aren't half way through the year markerss as such)
secure means that she is confidently there, not just about doing it, but properly securely doing it.

There are 3 levels, - working towards , which means they are below average
ARE which means they are average. Most kids should be here.
above average or Greater Depth, or Exceeding expectations (schools all have their own terminology) - about 20% should be here (someone may come along to correct me on that, not sure exactly

Unless your child is in Y2 or Y6 it means whatever the school wants it to mean as there are no national expectations and the school can set their own.

Steppmum: it totally depends on the intake at the school. 20% would be high in some schools but low in others. No two schools are exactly the same.

Schools can develop their own assessment schemes but in practice Mats, LAs and commercial companies all developed schemes. However they all do the same thing. Try and judge progress so it gives a picture of the child’s journey towards Sats. There might be rapid progress, or the child might plateau, but overall children should be making good progress, whatever their starting point.

Norestformrz - I know schools can set their own way of assessing, but the National Curriculum still gives an overview of what should be taught in each year, so I assume it is based on that. Or at least should be!

Thanks all. So it's fair to conclude that she is exactly where she should be then?