[senco-forum] Secondary SENCos: KS2 results compared to results of reading testing at start of K

Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:55:29 +0000

Maggie 

I have had concerns about this since I became SENCo three years ago and have been tracking data since. 

I have found that some students with mid to low level 4 at KS 2 are returning reading ages below 10 yrs ,our cut off point on assessment for inclusion on SEN REgister , some are returning below 9 and I even have some below 8 This year I had a student who achieved a level 5 at KS 2 and returned a reading age of below 9 

All my year 7 do the Kirklees (free ) reading assessment and Blackwell spelling regardless of SATs scores ,in fact every student does it on entry to the school . If they return 10 years in either or both the are added to register ,interventions put in place retested in 6 months . Further assessments are done as needed

In the past two years I have seen an increasing number of students who are coming to us with reading ages below 9 years of age and those who are below 8 /7 and even 6 are also increasing but are achieving 3 or 4 at SATs .

We do not use CATs score we use MIDYIS instead with band A being teh highest - many of these studnets also have reading age below 10 years . 

I am puzzled how students can achieve 4 with some of the reading ages they have never mind the student who got the 5 . I am struggling to find a correlation between the two but Head wants me to keep tracking it . 

Gaynor 

> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:55:29 +0000
> From: maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk
> To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk; jwwray14 at hotmail.com
> Subject: [senco-forum] Secondary SENCos: KS2 results compared to results of	reading testing at start of KS3
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> I'm having something of a debate with someone about how closely KS2 English SATs results correlate to children's reading 'ages'.  It is my experience that at the start of KS3 there is frequently a significant difference, particularly in the 'mid to low' L4 group.
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> Do those of you who test Y7 on entry find significant variation, or do you think that the two correlate quite well?
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> (As a 'L4' is supposed to signify achievement expected of an 11y old, I would expect the Reading & Comprehension Ages of L4s to be around the 10y 06m - 11y mark)
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> Would very much appreciate your help/comments.
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> Maggie
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