Assessment levels in Year One.

[dancingbear]

Last week we attended Parent's Evening and were given a written explanation of the assessment levels in Year One, along with our dc's grading.

My dc's go to a very academic (pushy) state school and their expectation of average is often the rest of the country's expectation of above average.

They suggest that an "average" child will be working at level 1a/2c at the end of Year One.

I had thought the average child nationally attained level 1b.

Any thoughts?

I would have thought the average child is working at 1a...because it is 2 sub-levels a year....they start year 1 at about 1C...thus end it at 1a..and 2 sublevels in year 2 brings them to 2b

1a at end of year 1 is national average.

1a - too much progress to make by end of y2 if they leave y1 as a 1b.

I did see that same 'advice' posted here recently, and meant to say something about it then. Was it here you read the 1b thing?

No idea where I picked it up from.