MALT Stage 2 Booklets 11

The MaLT (Maths Assessment for Learning and Teaching) is an instrument designed for the assessment of mathematics skills in pupils aged 5 to 14 years. It helps educators gain a better understanding of individual and class-wide mathematical abilities, highlighting common errors and misconceptions such as counting errors and decimal misunderstandings. This tool provides professional teams with a framework that facilitates screening, monitoring, and diagnostic evaluation and allows them to tailor teaching strategies to meet pupils’ specific learning needs.

Benefits:

• Nationally Standardised: Standardised on over 12,500 pupils, ensuring reliable and valid results.

• Diagnostic Precision: Highlights particular errors and misunderstandings to identify key learning needs.

• Efficient and Flexible: Tests can be administered any time during the school year for screening or progress tracking.

• Comprehensive Coverage: Includes calculator and non-calculator sections for upper age groups (MaLT 11).

Key Features:

• Simple Structure: Easy-to-use tests suitable for both group and individual assessment.

• Mapped to Strands: Questions aligned with curriculum strands to monitor specific skill areas.

• Year-on-Year Tests: Designed to be administered annually to monitor pupil progress over time.

• Teacher Manual: Key Stage 2 Teacher Manual consolidates all necessary information for tests covering ages 8-11.

Applications

• Classroom-wide screening of mathematical abilities

• Monitoring individual pupil progress over the school year

• Diagnostic profiling to tailor teaching interventions

• Supporting whole-class and individual teaching plans