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Help! Dd in Yr 6 moved down a level 5 to level 4 in 2 months and school not concerned??

11 replies

Steamroller · 17/12/2008 08:28

Dd has been at Level 5 in reading since Year 4. she is in Year 6 now. At Oct half term she was still going up on Level 5. Last week she has just taken an assessement test. we've been told she's now Level 4. The teacher doesn't appear to be bothered by this or think there's anything wrong. I'm gobsmacked by it - she has fallen a whole level and they seem to think this is fine. It's not fine, is it??

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abraid · 17/12/2008 08:33

My daughter had some assessment tests in the last week and dropped a level in maths and spelling.

My view is that she's knackered by endless Christmas play rehearsals and performances and recording a school CD. And from fighting a bug.

MollieO · 17/12/2008 09:45

If it were my ds I'd like to know why the teacher isn't concerned. There may be a good reason but it would be nice to hear what that is.

mumto2andnomore · 17/12/2008 10:27

May be just on that particular test she was a level 4, had a bad day or something.

RustyBear · 17/12/2008 11:20

It may well not be a whole level, it may just be the difference between a 5c & a 4a, which may come down to just a mark or two.

singersgirl · 17/12/2008 11:40

Getting a Level 5 in the Y5 optional tests is different from getting a Level 5 in the Y6 tests - both the format and the threshold aredifferent. DS1 is in Y6 and lots of children in his class got 5s for both Reading and Maths at the end of Y5, but only 3 children got 5s for both tests this term (including him ). The reading test is very long and lots of children don't finish it - DS1 didn't although still managed to get a low level 5. There were no 5as and only one 5b. Can you tell we all discuss our children's results unhealthily?

lljkk · 19/12/2008 16:04

I know NO ONE IRL who discusses these types of results.
Wish I did, lol!!

Thanks for the explanation, singersgirl, that's what I was guessing, too. Plus, children learn in bursts and plateaus, we're human, we vary from day to day.

OrmIrian · 19/12/2008 16:06

I'm glad she's not bothered TBH. Because if she was bothered it would be a sign that she considered it a permanent serious change, whereas she clearly thinks your DD can pick up again.

rachels103 · 07/01/2009 20:49

Don't worry about it...your dd's teacher is obviously confident that she hasn't taken a step backwards overall, and one test does not a disaster make.

scienceteacher · 07/01/2009 20:51

As long as she is L4, she will have met their targets.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

MillyR · 07/01/2009 21:15

I thought the SATS tests were meant to work out how the school was doing, and didn't make any difference to the child as they do formative tests as soon as they get to secondary school in order to set?

I'm a bit worried now. My ds is in year 6 and I wasn't even going to bother revising, other than what the school sends home.

kid · 07/01/2009 21:59

afaik, the tests that the children just took are the same as the end of year tests. So basically they included some questions on work they have not done yet. Once they have covered the work in class, the children will be expected to score better in the test and get a higher level than they did this time.

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