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Teacher Assessments (TAs)
Submission of TAs at Key Stages 2 and 3 (data collection 2008)
Schools are required to report their Teacher Assessment levels for Key Stages 2 and 3 to the National Assessment Agency (NAA) by 11 July 2008. It would however be helpful if schools submit their data earlier to allow time for any problems to be identified, and remedial action taken, before the end of term.
The data-collection website is available from 1 May 2008.
There are two routes for data to be submitted:
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Some LAs will collect and submit data on behalf of their schools. These LAs will be contacting their schools to explain the local arrangements. They may set an earlier deadline for schools to submit data so that they can complete the collection in time to meet the statutory deadline of 11 July.
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Where LAs are not collecting data, schools should send their data via the NAA Test Orders website, as a Common Transfer File (CTF). Schools will receive a report indicating if the file has been uploaded successfully.
The submission of P scales data is now a statutory requirement: all schools are required to submit P scales results with their 2008 TA data.
Guidance for users of proprietary MIS packages
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Guidance notes for Capita SIMS users for the submission of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 Teacher Assessments, (Word doc) updated May 2008.
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Guidance notes parts 1 to 4 for Pearson Phoenix users for the submission of Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessments. [Warning: this PDF is 2Mb]
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Notes for RM Integris have not been produced in view of the 'bespoke' TA return routines provided in RM's assessment products.
Queries and problems:
If your query relates to the entry of TAs into your Management
Information System, MIS, or to the production of a CTF file from this software,
you should contact your MIS support — usually within the LA or direct
from your supplier.
If your query relates to the TA data that is to be
submitted, you will find these details within the 'Assessment and
reporting arrangements' booklet sent to all schools by NAA/QCA.
Any questions not covered within the booklet should be addressed to the NAA
Helpline on 0870 2413540.
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Page last updated on 23 June 2008
