Investigating the reliability of the Key Stage 2 test results for assessing individual pupil achievement and progress in England

Investigating the reliability of the Key Stage 2 test results for assessing individual pupil achievement and progress in England

'Personalised learning' and the value of national assessment data in achieving it have been identified by the UK Secretary of State for Education and Skills as essential for raising educational standards. Employing multilevel analysis, this paper compares children's end of primary sch...

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Main Authors: Lesley Doyle, Ray Godfrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2005-02-01
Series:London Review of Education
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=b144fa1d-b790-4723-8a8c-bb006cffb133
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spelling doaj-10c6aa664b4d4733b9ae3000d31130462020-12-16T09:44:09ZengUCL PressLondon Review of Education1474-84792005-02-0110.1080/14748460500036086Investigating the reliability of the Key Stage 2 test results for assessing individual pupil achievement and progress in EnglandLesley DoyleRay Godfrey'Personalised learning' and the value of national assessment data in achieving it have been identified by the UK Secretary of State for Education and Skills as essential for raising educational standards. Employing multilevel analysis, this paper compares children's end of primary school (Key Stage 2) test scores with those they achieved in comparable test papers taken in each term of their first year of secondary school. The paper questions the reliability of national assessment data in respect of the performance of individual children, their predictive validity and thus their value in contributing to the provision of 'personalised learning'.https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=b144fa1d-b790-4723-8a8c-bb006cffb133
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title Investigating the reliability of the Key Stage 2 test results for assessing individual pupil achievement and progress in England
title_short Investigating the reliability of the Key Stage 2 test results for assessing individual pupil achievement and progress in England
title_full Investigating the reliability of the Key Stage 2 test results for assessing individual pupil achievement and progress in England
title_fullStr Investigating the reliability of the Key Stage 2 test results for assessing individual pupil achievement and progress in England
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description 'Personalised learning' and the value of national assessment data in achieving it have been identified by the UK Secretary of State for Education and Skills as essential for raising educational standards. Employing multilevel analysis, this paper compares children's end of primary school (Key Stage 2) test scores with those they achieved in comparable test papers taken in each term of their first year of secondary school. The paper questions the reliability of national assessment data in respect of the performance of individual children, their predictive validity and thus their value in contributing to the provision of 'personalised learning'.
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