GL Progress Tests in English and Maths - understanding scores

GL Progress Tests in English and Maths - understanding scores. 11 ... Our son goes to an independent school. He scored 117 in an English progress ... Advertisement Registertodayandjointhediscussion Haveyoursay,getnotifiedonwhatmatterstoyouandseefewerads Registernow Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Addpost Watchthisthread Hidethread Startthread Flipthisthread I'mon Unansweredthreads Active I'mwatching Customise Gettingstarted FAQ's Unansweredthreads Acronyms Talkguidelines Hideshortcutbuttons Talk Active I'mon I'mwatching Istarted Lastday Lasthour Talk > Education Startnewthread Watchthread Flip GLProgressTestsinEnglishandMaths-understandingscores 11 Loverofoldfilms· 17/02/202011:22 Oursongoestoanindependentschool.Hescored117inanEnglishprogresstestand120inaMathsprogresstestinyeartwo.Schooltoldmethisbangonaverageandhecouldworkharder. Havetalkedtoamumwhosechildgoestoanotherindependentschool.Shetoldmethattherearesevencategoriesandthat115-129isthesecondhighest("aboveaverage")withabove130thehighestcategory. Soheisn'tthataverage(andlazy)thenbeinginthesecondhighest.Seemsabitharsh. OP'sposts: Seenext Seeall Addmessage Report Showoriginalpost Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures PM Reply Top Bottom Report Advertisement Loverofoldfilms· 17/02/202011:23 PSIjustwanttounderstandthescores....whichseemcryptic.Istheschoolrightortheothermum? Addmessage Bookmark Report OP'sposts: Seenext Seeall Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply itsabitofamess· 17/02/202011:35 It'srelevantagainstwhattherestofyoursonspeersarescoringthoughandwhathehasscoredinthepast.Mydaughterisrelativelyhighachievinginahighachievingschool.Iexpecthertobeinthetopcohort. Addmessage Bookmark Report Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply LIZS· 17/02/202011:37 Independentschoolstendtoaveragehigherthanthenationalaverage.Aretheyperhapssuggestingthattheresultsdonotmatchhisperformanceinclass? Addmessage Bookmark Report Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply CatAndFiddle· 17/02/202011:46 WeuseGL.100istheagestandardisedaveragescore.Itakeittheindependentisselective...perhapswithautomaticadmissionfromthejuniorstothesecondaryschool? Addmessage Bookmark Report Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply Loverofoldfilms· 17/02/202012:05 So117and120isnotthataveragethenfortheprogresstests? ShouldIaskwherehesitsvis-à-vishisclassmates? Thanksforallthequickresponses. Addmessage Bookmark Report OP'sposts: Seenext Seeall Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply Advertisement QuarterMileAtATime· 17/02/202013:54 Ibelievethatthenumberyou'vebeengivenisastandardisedscore(with100beingthenationalaverage)andwhattheymeanisitisanaveragescoreincomparisontohiscohortattheschool. Addmessage Bookmark Report Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply Advertisement QuarterMileAtATime· 17/02/202013:59 Doesthishelp? www.stjamesschools.co.uk/prepschool/curriculum/standardised-test-results/ Addmessage Bookmark Report Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply Penyu· 17/02/202014:05 Iknowthesetestsquitewell,theyarebasedonsomethinglike35000kidsandworkon100asthestandardisedaverageforthatyeargroup. Thosescoresarehigh...iftheschoolsaysthattheyareaverageI'dbetemptedtoquestionthatabitmore!Thatmeanstheaverageforhisyeargroupiswayabovethenationalaverage. Ialsoworkinaprivateschool.Weexpectouraveragestobeabovethenorms,butayeargroupaverageof120,sorry.Thatsoundscrazy.Ihaveabout10%ofmycurrentforminthatband,andabout10%below100. Iguessyourscouldbeasmallcohortandreallyablechildren. It'shardtosaybecauseindividualschoolskeepthesescoresveryclosetotheirchests! Addmessage Bookmark Report Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply Loverofoldfilms· 19/02/202018:12 ThanksPenyuandQuarter!! Addmessage Bookmark Report OP'sposts: Seenext Seeall Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply BottleOfJameson· 19/02/202021:07 MyDcgoestoanonselectiveprepandlotsgetabove120(althoughapparentlybothDCareinveryableyears).It'snotaveragethoughandcountrywidewouldbesomethingliketop10% Addmessage Bookmark Report Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply Advertisement Loverofoldfilms· 02/03/202020:18 ThanksBottle! Addmessage Bookmark Report OP'sposts: Seeall Please createanaccount or login toaccessallthesefeatures Quote PM Seeall Top Bottom Report Reply Newpostsonthisthread.Refreshpage Watchthread Flip Active I'mon I'mwatching Istarted Lastday Lasthour Backtotop Pleasecreateanaccount TocommentonthisthreadyouneedtocreateaMumsnetaccount. JoinMumsnet LogIn Advertisement Active Watching Home I'mon Search Trending Topics Active I'mon Advertisement Advertisement