Article 10 NC test and task assessment

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), it shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to be assessed in each relevant subject in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2).

(2)

NC tests or NC tasks or both (as the document in which they are published may require) shall be administered to the pupil in accordance with the provisions of the document at the times specified in the relevant NC assessment timetable and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter—

(a)

the pupil’s responses to the NC tests shall be provided to the external marking agency determined by the Authority and notified by them to the head teacher to be marked; and

(b)

a record of the results of any NC tasks administered to the pupil, consisting of a statement of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil, shall be made, subject, however, to article 11(7).

(3)

Following the marking of NC tests the external marking agency shall provide to the head teacher a record of the results consisting of a statement of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil.

(4)

This article does not apply for the purposes of ascertaining the achievements in Welsh of pupils following the programme of study known as “Welsh Second Language”^f1.

(5)

In the case of English, mathematics and science, this article applies only in relation to a pupil if, in the opinion of the head teacher, his level of achievement in the subject, if he were to be assessed by the administration of NC tests in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2), would be level 3 or higher.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See S.I. 1995/69 and the document entitled “Welsh in the National Curriculum” ISBN 0-11-701815-5.