ICT Strand Update

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ICT Strand Update

• Strategy managers
• February 2008

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Annual Plan 07/09

• Aims
• Improving the percentage of pupils achieving A-
  C equivalent in ICT qualifications, L5 and L6
  at key stage 3
• Strengthening teaching, learning and assessment
  in ICT
• Preparing the workforce to help schools respond
  to the curriculum review in ICT and the 14-19
  reform programme

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Local priorities

• Improving the percentage of pupils achieving l5,
  L6 and A-C equivalent in ICT
• Developing l6 plus capability
• Use of data by schools and partnerships
• Effective target setting
• Developing effective intervention in schools
• Strengthen teachers understanding of progression
  and develop AFL strategies
• Support schools with planning for curriculum
  development and new National curriculum and
  developing revised schemes of work
• Supporting schools introducing new KS3 on screen
  assessments

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ICT on screen assessments -The new remit

• The test will not become a statutory end of key
  stage assessment but rather an assessment for
  learning tool available for use throughout the
  key stage
• Revised assessment materials will provide
  formative feedback to help pupils progress and
  inform teaching
• Schools will be able to use the materials at any
  point when pupils are ready, as a resource which
  can indicate students strengths and weaknesses,
  propelling them to further success
• Jim Knight, BETT show, January 2007

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Key features of the KS3 ICT assessment materials

• A bank of tasks sampling the programme of study
• Tasks designed to fit into lesson times
• Tasks available on demand for use at any time
  during the key stage
• Immediate pupil reports showing what a pupil has
  achieved in a task
• Group reporting to summarise group achievements
  and areas for progression

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Key features of the KS3 ICT assessment materials

• Range of support materials including a
  progression grid to help pupils and teachers
  track evidence of progress and achievement
• Delivered using the same delivery software as for
  the KS3 ICT test but easier to use as there is no
  need to schedule sessions or use pupil passwords

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Purpose of the new tasks

• To provide information to help inform teaching
  and learning in key stage 3 ICT, by allowing
  teachers and pupils to plan the next stages of
  learning using the outcomes of the assessment
  together with other evidence

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Tasks

• Can be completed in 15-30 minutes to fit
  comfortably into lessons and used as often and
  whenever required
• Assess one of four content areas (data handling,
  modelling, presenting and handling information,
  control)
• Have a two-level focus (3/4, 4/5 or 5/6)
• Comprise questions and activities (precise
  combination dependent on level focus and content
  area)
• Generate immediate pupil reports which are
  combined on the APS to provide group level
  reporting

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What happened in 2007

• KS3 ICT delivery software update
• The following were published on NAA website
• General support materials
• Progression grid
• Progression grid companion
• Toolkit help files
• Data handling support materials
• Data handling tasks
• Non-toolkit version of data handling tasks
• Revised familiarisation materials

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Timetable 2008

• Mid-March 2008
• Modelling tasks
• Modelling support materials
• Non-toolkit version of modelling tasks
• Mid-June 2008
• Presenting and handling information tasks
• Presenting and handling information support
  materials
• Non-toolkit version of presenting and handling
  information tasks
• Mid-November 2008
• Control tasks
• Control support materials
• Non-toolkit version of control tasks

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How schools get the tasks and support materials

• Accredited schools will receive have received the
  software
• Once the software update has been installed
  schools will have been allocated the tasks and
  familiarisation tasks
• All other materials can be downloaded from
  www.naa.org.uk/ks3ict
• Non-accredited schools will need to become
  accredited before they can get access to the KS3
  ICT delivery software, familiarisation and
  assessment tasks

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Further information

• www.naa.org.uk/ks3ict
• Countdown newsletter is mailed by NAA each term
  to all secondary schools and also published on
  the NAA website. NAA emails the link to SNS
  consultants when a new issue is launched
• School enquiries about the accreditation process
  and software should continue to be sent to RM
  (email ks3ict_at_rm.com.uk or tel [phone])
• All other enquiries should be sent to
  ks3ict_at_naa.org.uk