National Standardised Assessments for Scotland: national report 2022 to 2023

Summary of outcomes at a national level on the 'Scottish National Standardised Assessments' (SNSA) and ‘Measaidhean Coitcheann Nàiseanta airson Foghlam tron Ghàidhlig’ (MCNG) (collectively known as NSA) in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.


Appendix 1: Assessments completed during the 2022 to 2023 academic year - SNSA

The 2022 to 2023 academic year was the sixth year of implementation for SNSA. In total, 544,688 assessments were completed across Scotland over the course of the year – about 89.3% of the possible maximum total assessments available for children and young people in P1, P4, P7 and S3. Table 2 shows this total, split by assessment.

Please note that these figures do not include any started but not completed assessments that were closed after the end of term.

Table 2: SNSA 2022 to 2023 completion rates by assessment
Assessment Assessments completed Number of learners enrolled Percentage completed
Primary 1 Numeracy 2022–23 45,286 51,982 87.1%
Primary 1 Literacy 2022–23 45,075 51,982 86.7%
Primary 4 Numeracy 2022–23 53,663 55,871 96.0%
Primary 4 Reading 2022–23 53,236 55,871 95.3%
Primary 4 Writing 2022–23 53,049 55,871 94.9%
Primary 7 Numeracy 2022–23 54,222 58,022 93.4%
Primary 7 Reading 2022–23 54,421 58,022 93.8%
Primary 7 Writing 2022–23 54,183 58,022 93.4%
Secondary 3 Numeracy 2022–23 44,540 54,719 81.4%
Secondary 3 Reading 2022–23 44,055 54,719 80.5%
Secondary 3 Writing 2022–23 42,958 54,719 78.5%
Total 544,688 609,800 90.1%

Contact

Email: nationalstandardisedassessments@gov.scot

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