Information for schools and local authorities about scaled scores and the expected standard for the key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
The Department for Education has today released the marks pupils needed for the 2022 key stage 2 SATs to achieve the government’s “expected” score. To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores. But this equates to different marks for each paper (maths; reading; grammar, punctuation and spelling) and can change each year. Converting a pupil’s raw score ...
In short, SATs scores are scaled and range from 80 as the lowest to 120 as the highest. With students getting one each for English reading, maths and English grammar, punctuation and spelling. In 2023, the average score for both English papers was 105 and for the maths paper it was 104, all of which was the same as 2022.
The pass mark for Year 6 SATs reading is a point of focus for parents, teachers, and students alike, as it represents a significant milestone in primary education. SATs, or Standard Assessment Tests, are standardised tests taken by pupils in England at the end of Key Stage 2 to assess their grasp of the national curriculum.
Back to Top What is the Pass Mark? The pass mark changes each year, depending on the complexity of the paper. Typically, the pass mark for: Reading is between 21 and 28 marks out of 50. Maths is between 56 and 60 marks out of 110 in total over all 3 papers. Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS or SPaG) is 35 to 40 marks out of 70 over both ...
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As KS2 tests are externally marked, scores are available for schools to view on the Primary Assessment Gateway. For the 2022 KS2 SATs, the marks required to achieve a scaled score of 100 (and therefore meet the ‘expected standard’) are:
The Tests • Key Stage 2 SATs take place nationally in the week commencing Monday 9th May 2022 – Thursday 12th May 2022.
In order to achieve the expected standard in reading, the pass mark had been set at 52-56% on the 2017-2019 tests (the 2016 test was a bit of an outlier with a pass mark of 42%.
The KS2 English SATs papers for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023 are available to download for free. This includes the reading texts, answer booklet and a marking scheme.
A scaled score of 100 means the pupil has met the expected standard. The tables show that children needed to get 26 marks out of 50 in the reading test in 2017 than in 2016 to reach the expected level, five more marks than in 2016. In maths, the pass mark has dropped three marks. It is 57 out of 110 this year - down from 60 out of 110 in 2016.
Our most recent averages are noted below: SAT Score National Averages for the Class of 2022 Average Reading and Writing: 529 Average Math: 521 Average Total SAT score: 1050 The two required sections, Reading and Writing and Math, are scored on a scale of 200–800.
About This Report This report presents data on students in the class of 2022 who took the SAT® during high school, as well as takers of PSAT-related assessments—the PSAT/NMSQT®, PSATTM 10, and PSATTM 8/9—during the 2021-22 school year.
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