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Key Stage 3 assessment: Information and Communication Technology
Read a letter from Andrew McCully, Director of the
School Standards Group, which contains important information about the future
direction of the Key Stage 3 ICT test, more details of which are given
below.
Ministers had intended to introduce the Key Stage 3 test in ICT as a statutory end of Key Stage 3 summative assessment, but announced in January 2007 that it will be remodelled as a formative assessment tool, helping schools to use assessment to drive improvement and raise standards.
The test will provide a flexible tool for formative assessment, supporting teaching and learning. It is also an important step in the development of e-assessment, which is part of the Department's agenda for modernisation, reducing teacher workload and increasing efficiency.
The test is delivered electronically, taken on-screen and marked automatically. This means that schools do not receive marked scripts. Instead, the marking system generates a report about each pupil's test performance.
The test is being developed by the National Assessment
Agency (NAA). There have been three pilots: in 2006; 1 762 schools
participated and 172 225 pupils completed the pilot test and received a result.
A further pilot is planned for summer term 2007. Feedback after pilots has
indicated that, for many schools, on-screen assessment is a big cultural
change. It is therefore important that schools engage with the test as soon as
possible and make use of opportunities for practice and familiarisation.
This page is accompanied by a set of frequently asked
questions about the test for schools. More information about the test,
including how to get involved and the technical requirements, can be found on
the NAA's Key
Stage 3 ICT Pilot website.
Last updated: 10 January 2007
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