1、 .Report National Reference Test Results Digest 2024 National Foundation for Educational Research(NFER).National Reference Test Results Digest 2024 Bethan Burge Louise Benson Published in August 2024 By the National Foundation for Educational Research,The Mere,Upton Park,Slough,Berkshire SL1 2DQ htt

2、ps:/www.nfer.ac.uk/2024 National Foundation for Educational Research Registered Charity No.313392 ISBN 978-1-916567-13-9 How to cite this publication:Burge,B.and Benson,L.(2024)National Reference Test Results Digest 2024.Slough:NFER .Contents 1.Introduction.1 2.The sample.2 2.1.Access arrangements.5

3、 3.Results for the test booklets in 2024.6 3.1.English.6 3.2.Maths.8 4.Performance in English in 2024.11 5.Performance in maths in 2024.16 6.Appendix A:A brief summary of the NRT.20 .National Reference Test Results Digest 2024 1 1.Introduction Ofqual has contracted the National Foundation for Educat

4、ional Research(NFER)to develop,administer and analyse the National Reference Test(NRT)in English and maths.The first NRT took place in 2017 and established a baseline from which any future changes in standards can be detected.This report represents an overview of the findings of the 2024 testing pro

5、cess.The NRT,which consists of a series of test booklets,provides evidence on changes in the performance standards in GCSE English language and maths in England at the end of key stage 4.It does this by testing content taken from the GCSE English and maths curricula.It has been designed to provide a

6、dditional information to support the awarding of GCSEs in English language and maths and is based on a robust and representative sample of Year 11 students who will,in the relevant year,take their GCSEs.More information about the NRT can be found in the NRT document collection.The outcomes of the 20