Bridging Units in Mathematics
This resource from Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency is designed to help schools and local education authorities provide curricular continuity in mathematics between Year Six and Year Seven. They help to develop a shared understanding of standards, as well as providing suitable experiences for students at the end…
Making Mathematics Count
This report from Professor Adrian Smith’s inquiry into post–14 mathematics was published in February 2004 and investigated why the UK was not meeting the demand for graduates and postgraduates in strongly mathematically oriented subjects. It identified three key issues of major concern: • the shortage of specialist…
Mathematics Glossary for Teachers in Key Stages One to Four
This glossary, from the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA), was first developed in response to requests from teachers and others during the National Curriculum consultation in 1999. The explanations of mathematical terms refer to the terms as they are used in the programmes of study. The glossary was seen…
Planning, Teaching and Assessing the Curriculum for Pupils with Learning Difficulties
This guidance from QCA supports the planning, development and implementation of the curriculum for students with learning difficulties. It is aimed at supporting the work of a range of adults who are concerned with meeting the needs of students with learning difficulties. This includes class teachers, subject coordinators, special…
Linked GCSE Pre-pilot Executive Summary
This resource from Alpha Plus published in December 2010 is the independent evaluation of the pilot of the linked pair of GCSEs in mathematics. The linked pair of GCSE qualifications are: ‘Methods in mathematics’ and ‘Applications of mathematics’. The two qualifications together cover the entire Key Stage…
Single Level Tests: Report of First Three Test Sessions
This report on the single level tests pilot from QCA provides a factual account of the first three single level test sessions (December 2007, June 2008 and December 2008), setting out the test model, the test development process, the standard-setting processes and the outcomes. The purpose of the pilot was to generate evidence…
Early Years Foundation Stage: Profile Handbook
This resource from QCA is the Profile Handbook which contains information and guidance on Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) profiles. The EYFS is a comprehensive statutory framework published in 2007 by the Department for Children, Schools and Families which sets standards for development, learning and care of children from birth…
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Key Skills
The Key Skills qualifications from QCA are designed to enable learners to progress at their own pace. They build on the adult numeracy standards, which provide further detail of the skills needed to achieve the application of number key skill at levels one and two. Each level of the key skills above level one incorporates and…
Linked Pair of GCSEs Pilot Support Materials
These resources commisioned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Agency (QCDA) are to support the linked pair of mathematics GCSEs piloted from September 2010, which were developed in response to Professor Adrian Smith’s inquiry into post-14 mathematics education in 2004. Together they assess the National Curriculum mathematics…
Key Stage Three Optional Materials for Level Eight
These National Curriculum level eight questions from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) were devised as optional assessment materials, they present a question in the familiar Key Stage Three style, but come complete with a commentary on the question, some supplementary questions and a comprehensive mark scheme.
Key Stage Three Standards Reports 2000-2002
These reports from QCA evaluate the National Assessments at Key Stage Three. Their purpose is to provide schools and those involved in the training of teachers with detailed information about student responses to the National Curriculum tests. The information in this report gives a unique insight into performance for the years…
Year 7 Progress Tests
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) developed the Year Seven Progress Tests as a measure of progress over the year from Key Stage 2, at one point all students that did not attain a level four in the Key Stage Two tests could take these tests, which covered National Curriculum levels three to four. There are three…
2009 Key Stage Three Statutory Assessment Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) for the year 2009, and their associated mark schemes. This was the last statutory test for this Key Stage before they were abolished. The papers are tiered to facilitate an optimum match of test to student, the tiers…
2008 Key Stage Three Statutory Assessment Tests
This resource from Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for the year 2008, and their associated mark schemes, which are taken during May in the final year of Key Stage Three. The papers are tiered to facilitate an optimum match of test to student, the tiers cover Levels 3-5, 4-6, 5-7…
2007 Key Stage Three Statutory Assessment Tests
This resource from Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for the year 2007, and their associated mark schemes, which were taken during May in the final year of Key Stage Three. The papers are tiered to facilitate an optimum match of test to student, the tiers cover Levels 3-5, 4-6,…
2006 Key Stage Three Statutory Assessment Tests
This resource from Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for the year 2006, and their associated mark schemes, which were taken during May in the final year of Key Stage Three. The papers are tiered to facilitate an optimum match of test to student, the tiers cover Levels 3-5, 4-6,…
2005 Key Stage Three Statutory Assessment Tests
This resource from Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for the year 2005, and their associated mark schemes, which are taken during May in the final year of Key Stage Three. The papers are tiered to facilitate an optimum match of test to student, the tiers cover Levels 3-5, 4-6, 5-7,…
2003 Key Stage Three Statutory Assessment Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for the year 2003, and their associated mark schemes, which were taken during May in the final year of Key Stage Three. The papers are tiered to facilitate an optimum match of test to student, the tiers cover Levels 3-5, 4-6,…
2005 Key Stage Two Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) for Key Stage Two for the year 2005, and their associated mark schemes. There are three papers: the Mental Test which is given orally via a tape recording to ensure timings are consistent across schools, Paper A…
2009 Key Stage Two Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the national assessment tests for Key Stage Two for the year 2009, and their associated mark schemes. There are three papers: the Mental Test which is given orally via a tape recording to ensure timings are consistent across schools, Paper A which has…
2008 Key Stage Two Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two for the year 2008, and their associated mark schemes. There are three papers: the Mental Test which is given orally via a tape recording to ensure timings are consistent across schools, Paper A which has…
2007 Key Stage Two Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage 2 for the year 2007, and their associated mark scheme. There are three papers: the Mental Test which is given orally via a tape recording to ensure timings are consistent across schools, Paper A which has…
2006 Key Stage Two Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two for the year 2006, and their associated mark schemes. There are three papers: the Mental Test which is given orally via a tape recording to ensure timings are consistent across schools, Paper A which has…
Building a Picture of What Children Can Do
This resource from the National Assessment Agency (NAA) came into being as a result of the changes in the statutory assessment of children at the end of Key Stage One in 2005. A key aim of the changes to the assessment arrangements was to emphasise the importance of teachers’ assessment of a child's progress and how this…
Key Stage One Exemplification Materials
This series of six leaflets from QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) were produced to exemplify children’s performance in mathematics at levels 2A and 3. They illustrate how judgements of attainment could be made by taking into account strengths and weaknesses in performance across a range of contexts and over a period…
2004 Key Stage One Tests
These resources from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) are the level two and level three Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) from 2004. The level two test was intended to be used with all students judged by the teacher to have attained level two in mathematics through teacher assessment or those students who achieved…
2003 Key Stage One Tests
These resources from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) are the level two and level three Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) from 2003. The level two test was intended to be used with all students judged by the teacher to have attained level two in mathematics through teacher assessment or those students who achieved…
2004 Key Stage Two Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) for Key Stage Two for the year 2004, and their associated mark schemes. There are three papers: the Mental Test which is given orally via a tape recording to ensure timings are consistent across schools, Paper A…
2003 Key Stage Two Tests
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) for Key Stage Two for the year 2003, and their associated mark schemes. There are three papers: the Mental Test which is given orally via a tape recording to ensure timings are consistent across schools, Paper A…
Standards Reports 2002
This Standards Report from QCA was written with the purpose providing schools and those involved in the training of teachers with detailed information about student responses to the 2002 national curriculum tasks and tests. The Key Stage Two report is one element of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s (QCA) evaluation…
Standards Over Time in Mathematics 2001, 2006, 2009
Annually the publication of GCSE and A level examination results prompts public interest in the standards of those examinations. In 1996, Lord Dearing in his Review of Qualifications for 16–19 Year Olds made several recommendations to ensure that "there is a basis and accepted procedure ... for monitoring and safeguarding…
Review of Teacher Assessment: Evidence of What Works Best and Issues for Development
Written by Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, this 2009 review of teacher assessment was commissioned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). The review looked at teacher assessment in practice in a number of countries to see what works best and to consider the implications for Assessing Pupils’…