Following pilots across the country, the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA), a one-to-one assessment to be completed with a teacher, will be taken by all children in their first six weeks of primary school from September.
The assessment will replace Key Stage 1 SATs from the academic year 2022-23.
The DfE said that a validity report, to be published later today (26 February), based on the national pilot found RBA provided an accurate assessment of a child’s starting point from which to measure the progress they make in primary school.
The report also found:
School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said, ‘It’s hugely important that we understand how much progress primary schools help their pupils make.
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