National Standardised Assessments for Scotland: national report - academic year 2023-2024

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 2023 to 2024 academic year.


Appendix 1: Assessments completed during the 2023 to 2024 academic year - SNSA

The 2023 to 2024 academic year was the seventh year of implementation for SNSA. In total, 541,207 assessments were completed across Scotland over the course of the year – about 88.3% 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.

Table 3: SNSA 2023 to 2024 completion rates by assessment
Assessment Assessments completed Number of learners enrolled Percentage completed
Primary 1 Numeracy 2023–24 41925 50576 82.9%
Primary 1 Literacy 2023–24 41830 50576 82.7%
Primary 4 Numeracy 2023–24 53108 55453 95.8%
Primary 4 Reading 2023–24 52677 55453 94.9%
Primary 4 Writing 2023–24 52442 55453 94.6%
Primary 7 Numeracy 2023–24 55404 56012 98.9%
Primary 7 Reading 2023–24 55519 56012 99.1%
Primary 7 Writing 2023–24 55290 56102 98.5%
Secondary 3 Numeracy 2023–24 45631 59063 77.3%
Secondary 3 Reading 2023–24 44158 59063 74.8%
Secondary 3 Writing 2023–24 43223 59036 73.2%
Total 541,207 612,736 88.3%

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