Osiris Educational Blog » That ‘precisely scaled score’ – A Guest Post by John Viner

From 2016 the Key Stage 2 tests will no longer be reported as levels but as what the DfE are calling ‘a precisely scale score’. Right now, with those tests more than a year away, we are struggling with the semantics. What is meant by ‘precisely’? Oh, and what is meant by ‘scaled’?  And, while we’re at it, what exactly is this ‘score’?  In typical government-speak we have clarity and obfuscation in equal measure.

Osiris Educational Blog » That ‘precisely scaled score’ – A Guest Post by John Viner.