# The Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) (Amendment) Regulations 1995, Regulation 2: Amendment of the principal Regulations


(1) Paragraph (1) of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.
(2) After the definition of “attendance record” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““external marking agency” means a body nominated by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority and approved by the Secretary of State to mark NC tests;”.
(3) In the definition of “key stage” after “first,” there shall be inserted “second,” and for “, (c) and” there shall be substituted “to”.
(4) For the definition of “NC tests” there shall be substituted—
““NC tests”, in relation to pupils in the final year of the first key stage, means standard tasks administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment they have achieved in English and mathematics and, in relation to pupils in the final year of the second or third key stage, “NC tests” and “NC tasks” mean respectively National Curriculum tests and National Curriculum tasks administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in any core subject;”.
(5) After the definition of “teacher assessment” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““the 1993 (Key Stage 1) Order” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) Order 1993;
“the 1994 (Key Stage 2) Order” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) Order 1994;
“the 1994 (Key Stage 3) Order” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 3) (England) Order 1994;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/924/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-individual-pupils-achievements-information-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-2
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