Scottish National Standardised Assessments: national report

Summary of outcomes at a national level on the Scottish National Standardised Assessments (SNSA) in the 2018 to 2019 academic year.


Footnotes

1. Masters, G.N. (2013). Reforming Educational Assessment: Imperatives, principles and challenges. Australian Education Review 57. Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research.

2. P1 children were shown how to use the 'mouth' icon in practice assessments. It is used throughout the literacy and numeracy assessments for this stage.

3. The category 'FME' refers to those learners whose record in SEEMiS, the national database, showed that they were registered for Free School Meals. The 'Not FME' category comprises both learners for whom there was a 'not registered' entry and those for whom there was no entry regarding free school meals.

4. P1 children were shown how to use the 'mouth' icon in practice assessments and it is used throughout the literacy and numeracy assessments for this stage.

5. The category 'FME' refers to those learners whose record in SEEMiS, the national database, showed that they were registered for Free School Meals. The 'Not FME' category comprises both learners for whom there was a 'not registered' entry and those for whom there was no entry regarding free school meals.

6. The category 'FME' refers to those learners whose record in SEEMiS, the national database, showed that they were registered for Free School Meals. The 'Not FME' category comprises both learners for whom there was a 'not registered' entry and those for whom there was no entry regarding free school meals.

7. Note that this figure and those quoted in the table below include out-of-stage assessments.

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