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 3: Assessments completed during the 2023 to 2024 academic year – MCNG

The 2023 to 2024 academic year was the sixth year of implementation for MCNG. In total, 4491 assessments were completed across Scotland over the course of the year – about 82.1% of the possible maximum total assessments available for children and young people in P1, P4, P7 and S3. Table 7 shows this total, split by assessment.

Table 8. MCNG 2023 to 2024 completion rates by assessment
Assessment Assessments completed Number of learners enrolled Percentage completed
Primary 1 Numeracy 2023–24 448 566 79.1%
Primary 1 Literacy 2023–24 453 566 80.0%
Primary 4 Numeracy 2023–24 553 559 98.9%
Primary 4 Reading 2023–24 547 559 97.8%
Primary 4 Writing 2023–24 542 559 96.9%
Primary 7 Numeracy 2023–24 448 498 89.9%
Primary 7 Reading 2023–24 457 498 91.8%
Primary 7 Writing 2023–24 460 498 92.4%
Secondary 3 Numeracy 2023–24 76 389[11] 19.5%
Secondary 3 Reading 2023–24 258 389 66.3%
Secondary 3 Writing 2023–24 249 389 64.0%
Total 4491 5470 82.1%

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