Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) in English
- Publication date:
- Aug 2008
- DCSF ref:
- 00643-2008
- Audience:
- Head of school department, Subject leader, Teacher
- Function:
- Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP), Assessment, Initial teacher training (ITT), Pupil progress, Subject specific guidance
- Format:
- Key document
This publication is available in a ZIP file (32.5 MB).(The contents of this zip file can be downloaded from the attachments and resources block.)
Download publicationWhat is APP?
APP is a structured approach to pupil assessment in English so teachers can:
- track pupils' progress in reading and writing through Key Stage 3
- use diagnostic information about pupils' strengths and weaknesses.
Based on the assessment focuses (AFs) that underpin National Curriculum assessment, the approach improves the quality and reliability of teachers' assessment. It has proved to be robust, manageable and effective in practice.
APP: the basic approach
The APP approach is straightforward. At regular intervals, which are planned to fit in with school assessment policy, teachers review pupils' work using APP guidelines to build a profile of their attainment. The information gained from the process allows teachers to:
- analyse by AF the relative strengths and weaknesses of each pupil (pupils at levels 3–8)
- assign each pupil an overall National Curriculum level for reading and for writing
- use this information to set curricular targets to strengthen pupils' learning and inform their own future teaching by making links to the relevant objectives from the renewed Framework.
Standards grids
Use the links within the standards grids below to access new Assessing Pupil Progress (APP) resources. These have been revised to incorporate the full range of assessment focuses for reading, and extended to include new assessment criteria for levels 2 to 8.
Assessing pupils' progress in English at Key Stage 3: Teachers' handbook sets out the background and rationale for APP and is a necessary starting point if you are planning to implement APP across the department.
The Assessment guidelines document provides blank assessment grids to be filled in by teacher.
Key
IE = insufficient evidence.
HWP = Handwriting and presentation, which is only assessed at levels 1–3. The KS3 standards files for level 3 do not provide evidence of this aspect.
| Year | Overall level | Pupil | Assessment focuses and levels | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF1 | AF2 | AF3 | AF4 | AF5 | AF6 | AF7 | |||
| 7 | Secure 3 | Pupil 1 | 4 | 3 | IE | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 7 | Secure 4 | Pupil 2 | 5 | 5 | IE | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Secure 4 | Pupil 3 | 5 | 4 | IE | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 9 | Low 4 | Pupil 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | IE | |
| 7 | Secure 5 | Pupil 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | IE | |
| 8 | Secure 5 | Pupil 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | IE | |
| 9 | Low 5 | Pupil 7 | 5 |
4 | IE | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 9 | Low 6 | Pupil 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| 9 |
Secure 6 | Pupil 17 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| 9 | Low 7 | Pupil 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | Low 8 | Pupil 19 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
7 | |
| Year | Overall level | Pupil | Assessment focuses and levels | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF5 | AF6 | AF3 | AF4 | AF1 | AF2 | AF7 | AF8 | HWP | |||
| 7 | High 3 | Pupil 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 | Secure 4 | Pupil 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Low 4 | Pupil 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 9 | Low 4 | Pupil 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| 7 | Secure 5 | Pupil 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| 8 | Low 5 | Pupil 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 9 | Secure 5 | Pupil 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 8 | Low 6 | Pupil 16 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| 9 | Secure 7 | Pupil 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| 9 | Secure 8 | Pupil 21 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
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Attachments and resources
- Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) in English at Key Stage 3: Reading and writing assessment guidelines
- Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) in English at Key Stage 3: Blank assessment grids
- Assessing pupils' progress in English at Key Stage 3: Teachers' handbook
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 1, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 2, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 3, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 4, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 5, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 6, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 7, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 8, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 9, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 10, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 11, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 12, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 13, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 14, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 15, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 16, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 17, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 18, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 19, Reading
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 20, Writing
- APP in English at Key Stage 3: Standards file – Pupil 21, Writing
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