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Assessments

All unit assessments
All termly and yearly assessments

The Assessments

Year 7

Autumn
term

Unit 1
Place value
Unit 2
The four operations
Unit 3
Perimeter and units
Unit 4
Angles and
2D shapes

Spring
term

Unit 5
Fractions
Unit 6
Fractions, decimals
and percentages
Unit 7
Introduction to
algebra
Unit 8
Coordinates
and graphs

Summer
term

Unit 9
Order of operations
Unit 10
Ratio
Unit 11
Working with data
End of year
assessments
Year 8

Autumn
term

Unit 1
Number properties
Unit 2
Directed numbers
Unit 3
Rounding and
estimation
Unit 4
Length and area
Unit 5
3D shapes
Unit 6
Compound measures

Spring
term

Unit 7
Calculations
with fractions
Unit 8
Probability
Unit 9
Algebraic
manipulation
Unit 10
Solving equations

Summer
term

Unit 11
Angles
Unit 12
Transformations
Unit 13
Statistics
End of year
assessments
Year 9

Autumn
term

Unit 1
Arithmetic
Unit 2
Indices and roots
Unit 3
Fractions, decimals
and percentages
Unit 4
Money
Unit 5
Algebraic
manipulation
Unit 6
Coordinates
and graphs

Spring
term

Unit 7
2D shapes
Unit 8
3D shapes
Unit 9
Solving equations
Unit 10
Sequences

Summer
term

Unit 11
Percentages
Unit 12
Proportion
Unit 13
Constructions, loci
and bearings
assessments
End of year
Year 10 Foundation

Autumn
term

Unit 1
Rounding and
error intervals
Unit 2
Percentages
Unit 3
Ratio and
proportion
Unit 4
Perimeter
and area
Unit 5
Volume and
surface area
End of term
assessments

Spring
term

Unit 6
Angles and
bearings
Unit 7
Transformations
Unit 8
Coordinates
and graphs
End of term
assessments

Summer
term

Unit 9
Compound
measures
Unit 10
Probability
Unit 11
Averages and
the range
End of year
assessments
Year 10 Higher

Autumn
term

Unit 1
Surds and indices
Unit 2
Drawing graphs and
graphing inequalities
Unit 3
Solving quadratics
Unit 4
Arcs and sectors
Unit 5
Circle theorems
End of term
assessments

Spring
term

Unit 6
Similarity and
congruence
Unit 7
Complex
transformations
Unit 8
Conditional
probability
Unit 9
Volume
and algebra
Unit 10
Bounds and
compound measures
assessments
End of term

Summer
term

Unit 11
Ratio
Unit 12
Graphs of circles
Unit 13
Linear and quadratic
simultaneous
equations
Unit 14
Histograms, box plots
and cumulative
frequency curves
End of year
assessments
Year 11 foundation

Autumn
term

Unit 1
Multiples
and factors
Unit 2
Algebraic
manipulation
Unit 3
Solving equations
Unit 4
Indices and
standard form
Unit 5
Area, perimeter and
right-angles triangles
Year 11 Higher

Autumn
term

Unit 1
Functions and
iteration
Unit 2
Transforming
graphs
Unit 3
Advanced
trigonometry
Unit 4
Vectors
Unit 5
Real life graphs and
rates of change
Unit 6
Algebraic proof

Diagnostics and Assessments cycle

Marked by the students

Scores recorded on the class tracker

Begin new topic

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Diagnostic

Students sit a short test to see if they have the prerequisite skills needed for the unit 

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Review

Teaching

Use the spreadsheet QLA to identify any skills that need to be reviewd as a class or for individual students. Address these areas before moving on to the next unit, or during homework.

Teach the objectives listed.

Use the diagnostic results to inform your planning.

Use the 'Assessment 2' to reassess certain skills or to resit the Assessment if needed

Assessment

Students sit a test in lesson to assess the progress they have made on the unit

Marked by teacher

or students

Scores recorded on the class tracker and the whole cohort tracker

Click the objectives to see what resources Bright has to support your planning

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Diagnostics and Assessments information

Diagnostics
These are given to students in lessons, before they are taught anything on the upcoming unit.

There are graphics at the top of the page that will show you if students will need a calculator, tracing paper, a compass or a protractor for the test.

They are no more than 6 questions long and, since they are on skills that students should already have mastered, should be fairly quick to complete (no more than 10 minutes!). I recommend that students peer mark the diagnostics or self assess their own as the teacher projects the test onto the board and model the solutions. I think giving the students instant feedback on these skills and modelled solutions from the teacher is the most effective way.

Then collect the diagnostics in to input the results onto the assessment data spreadsheet (here) before giving back to students the next lesson for them to stick into their books. They are easy to input as there is a dedicated box at the bottom for students to clearly write their score in. They should also shade in the red, amber or green box corresponding to the score they got on that question.

Assessments

The assessments are given to students to complete in a lesson at the end of a unit. I have formatted them to be photocopied as A5 booklets (which is why they are all 4/8/12/16 pages long and you will see some blank pages). This is to save on copying and so they are easy to stick into exercise books of most sizes. There is no set time I give students to complete these as some are longer than others (usually depending on how many objectives are in that unit). I would use an estimate of no more than a minute per mark, then all assessments can be completed within a 1 hour lesson.

The front covers are set up to display an overview of how students achieved on that assessment. These could be marked by the students or by the teacher. Then the score for each question is filled in to the 'My Score' column and then the corresponding red, amber or green box to the right shaded in. Once the whole class' assessments are marked, input the results into the class assessment data spreadsheet. I use this spreadsheet to decide if any skills need reviewing as a whole class, if there were particular questions that different students found challenging or if students should be given personalised skills to review.

When they are handed back the next lesson, students fill in the box at the bottom reflecting on what they have learned (for example; "I need to remember to include units with my answers" "I shouldn't round in my working out" "I need to show my working out and write what I type in my calculator") and stick the test in their books.

The Assessment 2 can be used if you want to reassess your class on a couple of the skills after some review work, have some students resit the whole assessment or if a student was absent for the assessment you can give them assessment 2 when they are next in school.

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