Test specifications - Maths

Modified on Fri, 9 Jan at 2:19 PM

Each test is developed to a test specification which sets out the requirements for the number of marks, curriculum coverage, question types and level of difficulty. This ensures the overall assessment is an accurate reflection of the Programme of Study and that there is consistency across each year group.

The Maths assessment consists of three tests – the Arithmetic test and Reasoning tests 1 and 2. The tests are taken in order.

The table shows the time allowed and total marks for each assessment:

Year Group		Arithmetic Test 1	Reasoning Test 2	Reasoning Test 3	Total number of marks
3	Number of marks	30	25	25	80
3	Time (minutes)	25	30	30	-
4	Number of marks	35	30	30	95
4	Time (minutes)	25	35	35	-
5	Number of marks	40	35	35	110
5	Time (minutes)	30	40	40	-
6	Number of marks	40	35	35	110
6	Time (minutes)	30	40	40	-

The tables below provide a summary of the actual test specifications. See Curriculum Areas and Codes – Maths for a breakdown of the content domain assessed in the tests. The numbers in the tables show the number of marks and percentages allocated for each component.

Year 3 Specifications – by number of marks

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring			Summer
	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2
Question types
Closed e.g. multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	8	12	11	6	12	10	9	9	8
Open e.g. text entry, extended text	22	13	14	24	13	15	21	16	17
Number of marks
1 mark questions	28	21	21	30	21	21	30	19	21
2 mark questions	2	4	4	0	4	4	0	6	4
Scoring
Autoscored	30	21	20	30	20	21	30	19	21
Autoscored (verify)	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Teacher marked	0	2	2	0	3	4	0	6	4
Curriculum coverage
N	10	5	5	9	5	6	10	5	3
C: + -	9	3	4	8	2	5	6	2	5
C: x ÷	5	2	2	8	1	1	8	0	0
C: ps	0	4	3	0	5	2	0	5	6
F	6	3	2	5	4	3	6	4	3
F: dp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M	0	3	4	0	3	4	0	2	3
M: ps	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	3	2
G&P	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	1
S	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	2
Total Marks in each Test	30	25	25	30	25	25	30	25	25

Year 3 Specifications – percentage coverage (%)

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring			Summer
	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2
Question types
Closed e.g. multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	27	48	44	20	48	40	30	36	32
Open e.g. text entry, extended text	73	52	56	80	52	60	70	64	68
Number of marks
1 mark questions	93	84	84	100	84	84	100	76	84
2 mark questions	7	16	16	0	16	16	0	24	16
Scoring
Autoscored	100	84	80	100	80	84	100	76	84
Autoscored (verify)	0	8	12	0	8	0	0	0	0
Teacher marked	0	8	8	0	12	16	0	24	16
Curriculum coverage
N	33	20	20	30	20	24	33	20	12
C: + -	30	12	16	27	8	20	20	8	20
C: x ÷	17	8	8	27	4	4	27	0	0
C: ps	0	16	12	0	20	8	0	20	24
F	20	12	8	16	16	12	20	16	12
F: dp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M	0	12	16	0	12	16	0	8	12
M: ps	0	4	8	0	8	8	0	12	8
G&P	0	8	4	0	4	4	0	8	4
S	0	8	8	0	8	4	0	8	8
Total Percentage in each Test	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Year 4 Specifications – by number of marks

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring			Summer
	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2
Question types
Closed e.g. multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	6	11	10	9	12	14	6	17	15
Open e.g. text entry, extended text	29	19	20	26	18	16	29	13	15
Number of marks
1 mark questions	35	24	26	35	24	26	35	26	24
2 mark questions	0	6	4	0	6	4	0	4	6
Scoring
Autoscored	34	23	26	35	24	25	34	25	24
Autoscored (verify)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Teacher marked	0	6	4	0	6	5	0	5	6
Curriculum coverage
N	12	5	4	10	6	7	9	6	5
C: + -	8	3	1	6	1	0	4	1	3
C: x ÷	7	5	3	9	3	2	9	2	2
C: ps	0	2	5	0	4	5	0	3	5
F	4	1	3	3	3	4	6	3	1
F: dp	4	3	3	7	2	3	7	3	2
M	0	5	6	0	4	5	0	4	3
M: ps	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	3
G&P	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	4	4
S	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	2
Total Marks in each Test	35	30	30	35	30	30	35	30	30

Year 4 Specifications – percentage coverage (%)

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring			Summer
	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2	A	R1	R2
Question types
Closed e.g. multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	17	37	33	26	40	47	17	57	50
Open e.g. text entry, extended text	83	63	67	74	60	53	83	43	50
Number of marks
1 mark questions	100	80	87	100	80	87	100	87	80
2 mark questions	0	20	13	0	20	13	0	13	30
Scoring
Autoscored	97	77	87	100	80	83	97	83	80
Autoscored (verify)	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Teacher marked	3	20	13	0	20	17	0	17	20
Curriculum coverage
N	34	17	13	29	20	23	26	20	17
C: + -	23	10	3	17	3	0	11	3	10
C: x ÷	20	17	10	26	10	7	26	7	7
C: ps	0	7	17	0	13	17	0	10	17
F	11	3	10	9	10	13	17	10	3
F: dp	11	10	10	20	7	10	20	10	7
M	0	17	20	0	13	17	0	13	10
M: ps	0	7	3	0	7	0	0	7	10
G&P	0	7	7	0	10	10	0	13	13
S	0	7	7	0	7	3	0	7	7
Total Percentage in each Test	100*	100*	100	100*	100	100	100	100	100*

*Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number so may not add to 100.

Year 5 specifications - by number of marks

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring
	A1	R2	R3	A1	R2	R3
Question types
Closed eg multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	0	13	13	0	13	13
Open eg text entry, extended text	40	22	22	40	22	22
Number of marks
1 mark questions	38	27	27	36	27	25
2 mark questions	2	8	8	4	8	10
Scoring
Autoscored	38	27	29	36	26	24
Autoscored (verify)	0	1	0	0	0	2
Teacher marked	2	7	6	4	9	9
Curriculum coverage
N	6	6	5	4	7	6
C: + -	7	3	4	6	4	3
C: x ÷	16	3	3	17	2	2
C: ps	0	4	4	0	5	2
F	7	2	4	7	3	5
F: dp	4	5	6	6	4	6
M	0	3	4	0	3	6
M: ps	0	3	0	0	2	1
G&P	0	5	2	0	2	3
S	0	1	3	0	3	1
Total Marks in each Test	40	35	35	40	35	35

Year 5 specifications - percentage cover

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring
	A1	R2	R3	A1	R2	R3
Question types
Closed eg multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	0	37	37	0	37	37
Open eg text entry, extended text	100	63	63	100	63	63
Number of marks
1 mark questions	95	77	77	90	77	71
2 mark questions	5	23	23	10	23	29
Scoring
Autoscored	95	77	83	90	74	69
Autoscored (verify)	0	3	0	0	0	6
Teacher marked	5	20	17	10	26	26
Curriculum coverage
N	15	17	14	10	20	17
C: + -	18	9	11	15	11	9
C: x ÷	40	9	9	43	6	6
C: ps	0	11	11	0	14	6
F	18	6	11	18	9	14
F: dp	10	14	17	15	11	17
M	0	9	11	0	9	17
M: ps	0	9	0	0	6	3
G&P	0	14	6	0	6	9
S	0	3	9	0	9	3
Total Marks in each Test	100%*	100%*	100%*	100%*	100%*	100%*

Year 6 specifications - by number of marks

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring
	A1	R2	R3	A1	R2	R3
Question types
Closed eg multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	0	8	14	0	8	12
Open eg text entry, extended text	40	27	21	40	27	23
Number of marks
1 mark questions	32	27	25	32	23	21
2 mark questions	8	8	10	8	12	14
Scoring
Autoscored	32	25	25	32	25	22
Autoscored (verify)	0	1	1	0	1	2
Teacher marked	8	9	9	8	9	11
Curriculum coverage
N	2	3	5	2	3	6
C: + -	2	3	3	4	2	4
C: x ÷	21	1	1	15	5	2
C: ps	1	4	3	2	2	4
F	7	6	4	10	1	4
F: dp	6	1	2	5	2	3
R	1	1	3	2	4	2
A	0	2	2	0	3	1
M	0	4	4	0	4	3
M: ps	0	4	2	0	2	2
G&P	0	4	3	0	5	2
S	0	2	3	0	2	2
Total Marks in each Test	40	35	35	40	35	35

Year 6 specifications - percentage cover

Test Specifications	Autumn			Spring
	A1	R2	R3	A1	R2	R3
Question types
Closed eg multiple choice, multiple choices, matching, ordering	0	23	40	0	23	34
Open eg text entry, extended text	100	77	60	100	77	66
Number of marks
1 mark questions	80	77	71	80	66	60
2 mark questions	20	23	29	20	34	40
Scoring
Autoscored	80	71	71	80	71	63
Autoscored (verify)	0	3	3	0	3	6
Teacher marked	20	26	26	20	26	31
Curriculum coverage
N	5	9	14	5	9	17
C: + -	5	9	9	10	6	11
C: x ÷	53	3	3	38	14	6
C: ps	3	11	9	5	6	11
F	18	17	11	25	3	11
F: dp	15	3	6	13	6	9
R	3	3	9	5	11	6
A	0	6	6	0	9	3
M	0	11	11	0	11	9
M: ps	0	11	6	0	6	6
G&P	0	11	9	0	14	6
S	0	6	9	0	6	6
Total Marks in each Test	100%*	100%	100%*	100%*	100%*	100%*