The above is taken from the long-awaited final report of the Commission on Assessment Without Levels, which has sought to reassure schools as they implement new assessment systems.
The Commission, which was ordered by Department for Education and finally published last week, has made it clear that Ofsted “will not expect to see any particular type of assessment” and clarified that schools will not be penalised by inspectors if they are still developing their new assessment systems.
The removal of national curriculum levels has come alongside the introduction of the new curriculum in England and means that from this term the old levels are no longer being used for statutory assessments. Schools are now expected to implement their own systems of in-school assessment.
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