Explanation
We are pleased to support the work of a consortium
of LEAs (St Helen's, Cumbria, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Salford and
Blackpool) who have developed two key stage 3 'mock' tests, one for
pupils working at levels 3-6 and one for those working at levels 5-7. The material
is posted here to assist easy dissemination. Other schools may find
these helpful resources.
The files can be opened in Testbase issues 6 (2002)
and then used to print out the papers. Also included is an analysis spreadsheet for use
with MS Excel to help identify pupil strengths and weaknesses and a word
document that briefly
explains how to use the spreadsheets.
Dear Colleague
Key Stage 3 Science Mock Paper with SATs Analysis
Spreadsheets. The mock paper is a collation from paper 1 and paper
2 2002. Most of the questions were chosen because they were highlighted
as areas of difficulty on the QCA Standards Report, therefore, pupils may
under perform compared to the 'real thing' you may want to change the mark
boundaries to take account
of this. Paper 3-6 has 3 extra possible marks
and the 5-7 paper has 4 extra marks so this will compensate to some extent.
We have included an automatic levelling process
which is based on the 2002 boundaries.
The other health warning is that there will be science
areas that you may not have taught by the time you set the mock.
You could suggest that pupils leave out these questions.
The SATs analysis is particularly intended for your
level 4/5 boundary pupils so that you can compare the performance of
those that achieve level 5 with those that don't and put in place strategies
which are specific to your own pupils (refer to QCA Standards report).
Summary
1. Pupils may under perform in
terms of levels on this mock so:
- You could alter the grade boundaries;
- Leave out questions in topic areas which haven't
yet been taught.
2. Analyse level 4/5 boundary
pupils and put strategies in place.
3. Refer to QCA Standards report
for comments on questions.
Yours sincerely
Cathy Starbuck
KS3 Science Consultant
LEA consortium consists of Cathy Starbuck - Salford
LEA, Kath Hunter - St Helens LEA, Damien Ainscough
- Blackpool LEA, Lyn Nuttall - Shropshire LEA, Andy Cooke - Herefordshire LEA and Stephanie Ward
- Cumbria LEA.
Please follow the links below to download the files
you require.
(The .exd files require Testbase 2002 or
3 to be installed
on your computer.)
Levels 5-7 mock -
Levels 5-7 mock mark scheme -
Analysis spreadsheet
Download as zipfile
Levels 3-6 mock - Levels 3-6 mock mark scheme -
Analysis spreadsheet
Download as zipfile
Information file for analysis spreadsheets - Mock
Sats Analysis.doc
You may wish to download the following files which
can also be used to analyse the 2002 'mock' paper.
The pupil record sheets are intended for completion
by pupils and can be put along side each other to
show a class profile of shaded/unshaded boxes to
inform next steps. The spreadsheet can be used to
enter the data to produce a smarter version!
KS3 science mock analysis sheets - KS3
science mock analysis sheets (2002 paper).xls
2002 pupil record sheets - 2002
mock pupil record sheets.xls
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