Brightpath's Writing Assessment Now Aligns Student Performance with the National Curriculum
Brightpath Progress has taken a significant step forward by extending its prediction capabilities to align each student’s writing performance with the National Curriculum.
Previously, Brightpath predicted student outcomes on the Teacher Ruler, allowing educators to gauge progress using a tailored scale.
Now, this process has been expanded to include predictions of student locations within the National Curriculum’s Key Stages.
Quick start guide: Accessing your curriculum alignment reports
Accessing these valuable insights takes just moments:
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Open your Brightpath dashboard
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Navigate to the ‘Reports’ section
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Select ‘National Curriculum Assessment Framework’
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Customise your view using filters for school year, term, year level and class.
The resulting easy-to-read report includes:
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Precise Brightpath score ranges
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Detailed writing capability descriptors
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Clear National Curriculum Key Stage mapping
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Individual student placement predictions.
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Enhanced teaching support and planning
Enhanced teaching support and planning
This feature offers teachers a quick and effective way to understand where students stand in relation to the National Curriculum.
By providing a clear description of each student’s writing capabilities through Brightpath descriptors, educators can:
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Identify learning gaps more effectively
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Plan targeted interventions with confidence
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Track progress across multiple assessment frameworks
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Communicate student achievement levels consistently.
Advanced technology meets educational expertise
Behind this powerful feature lies Brightpath’s proprietary natural language processing (NLP) algorithms.
Each writing genre benefits from a specialised algorithm, ensuring highly accurate predictions while respecting the essential role of teacher judgement in student assessment.
Supporting UK educators’ writing assessment practice
While the system provides reliable predictions, Brightpath maintains its commitment to supporting, rather than replacing, professional educator judgement.
This balance ensures teachers retain full control while benefiting from data-driven insights.