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Science APP recording and progress spreadsheets

Two spreadsheets along with guidance information that can be used by teachers to record judgements about pupils' progress using Assessing Pupils’ Progress (APP) criteria.

What do the science APP recording and progress spreadsheets do and not do?

Information on how the recording and progress tools are intended to be used.
What is the difference between the two science APP recording and progress spreadsheets?

Information on the purpose of each of the recording and progress tools and the differences between them.

Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP): Science

The introduction to Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) in secondary Science. APP is a structured approach to pupil assessment in Key Stage 3 which 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 criteria to build and refine a profile of their attainment.
APP Materials

The APP materials for science can be downloaded from the Attachments box on this page.
APP: The standards files

Ten files of Key Stage 3 pupils' work have been compiled by QCA and cover levels 3 to 8. Each standards file has evidence from the five AFs.
Links to the science framework

Links from the science framework to APP will help teachers to identify potential assessment opportunities and to plan for progression within their medium and short-term plans.

The environment, Earth and the universe: Earth, Space and beyond: Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for The environment, Earth and the universe: Earth, Space and beyond.

Energy, electricity and forces: energy transfer in biosystems – Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for Energy, electricity and forces: Energy transfer and electricity – Energy transfer in biosystems.

How science works: Practical and enquiry skills – Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for How science works: Practical and enquiry skills.

Organisms, behaviour and health: Life processes – Nutrition: Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for Organisms, behaviour and health: Life processes – Nutrition.

Chemical and material behaviour: Particle models – Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for Chemical and material behaviour: Particle models.

Chemical and material behaviour: Chemical reactions – Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for Chemical and material behaviour: Chemical reactions.

Chemical and material behaviour: Patterns in chemical reactions – Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for Chemical and material behaviour: Patterns in chemical reactions.

Organisms, behaviour and health: Life processes – Movement: Amplification, progression and rich questions

Table for Years 7 to 11 showing the yearly learning objectives and associated amplification, strategies for progression and rich questions for Organisms, behaviour and health: Life processes – Movement.

Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP)

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