National Reference Test approaches for 300 schools
09 January 2017
Further details have been released for those schools selected to take part in the National Reference Test (NRT) from 20 February to 3 March 2017.
This latest update provides additional information on the:
- Arrangements the school needs to make
- Access arrangements and the responsibilities for providing these
- Confidentiality of the data collected from the test
- Role of the test administrator.
Ofqual has appointed the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to develop, administer and analyse the test on its behalf.
Around 18,000 students will take the same National Reference Test in maths and English every year to establish if there is any change in how students perform at a national level over time. Ofqual believes that the test has the potential to provide valuable additional information to inform the awarding of GCSEs.