Question reference: S6W-25364
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 21 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the total number of pupils have not completed the Scottish National Standardised Assessments and National Standardised Assessments for Scotland assessment questions for their year group, in each year since 2017.
Answer
The percentage of the estimated cohort who did not complete the SNSA assessments in each year since 2017 is detailed in the following table.
Academic Year | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20 | 20-21 | 21-22 | 22-23 |
P1 | 6% | 11% | 90% | 21% | 19% | 13% |
P4 | 4% | 4% | 57% | 6% | 7% | 5% |
P7 | 3% | 3% | 45% | 7% | 5% | 7% |
S3 | 9% | 10% | 54% | 49% | 22% | 20% |
School closures in response to COVID-19 impacted on completion rates in 2019/20 and 2020-21.