Are there materials to support national assessment in foundation subjects at key stage 3?
Yes, we published national exemplification materials for foundation subjects in July 2010. They provide teachers, as well as parents and pupils, with annotated collections of evidence, gathered from individual pupils, which are judged to represent different levels of attainment in relation to national standards and in the context of the current secondary curriculum, introduced in 2008. They can be used to support the statutory teacher assessment of pupils at the end of key stage 3 by providing nationally agreed benchmarks and points of reference. Exemplification materials for levels 1 and 2 are being developed in 2010 – 11.
