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Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint

A guide to using the reports

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Introduction .............................................................................1
Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint has been developed Statement of achievement .....................................................4
by Cambridge International Examinations. We prepare
school students for life, helping them develop an informed Example feedback reports ......................................................6
curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. We are part Report to student
of Cambridge Assessment, a department of the University Report on teaching group
of Cambridge. Centre report
End of session reports
Our international qualifications are recognised by the
Appendix
world’s best universities and employers, giving students a
List of main strands and sub-strands in each subject ......... 22
wide range of options in their education and career. As a
not-for-profit organisation, we devote our resources to
delivering high-quality educational programmes that can
unlock learners’ potential.

b Cambridge Checkpoint A guide to using the reports

 Introduction
Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint – comprehensive feedback for learners,
teachers and schools

What is Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint?

Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint is an innovative diagnostic • manage learning programmes as learners move
testing service. It has been designed to give comprehensive between schools
feedback on a learner’s strengths and weaknesses in the key
The feedback measures a learner’s performance against a
curriculum areas – English, English as a Second Language,
number of variables, including how a learner performed in
Mathematics and Science. The results of the tests – which are
relation to:
given in detailed feedback reports – help learners understand
more about their strengths and weaknesses in these subjects. • the learning objectives in the Cambridge Secondary 1
curriculum framework
Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint is part of Cambridge
Secondary 1, which includes a curriculum with optional • their teaching group
assessment. The tests provide assessment based on the • a whole school cohort
learning objectives within the Cambridge Secondary 1
curriculum frameworks. • previous years’ learners.

Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint tests are used in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint tests are offered twice
Cambridge schools around the world. They are designed through the year.
for learners of approximately 14 years of age and cover all
A list of the main strands and sub-strands for each subject is
major areas of learning in the first years of an international
included in the Appendix. It is the analysis of the detailed
secondary education. Cambridge Secondary 1
sub-strands which provides the framework for feedback on
Checkpoint tests skills and knowledge from stages 7–9 of
each learner’s strengths and weaknesses.
the curriculum.

Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint reports allow schools to:

• tailor individual learning programmes

• monitor group and individual performance
• provide information for reporting to learners and parents
• compare the performance of all the learners taking the
test in that session

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 Introduction
Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint – comprehensive feedback for learners,
teachers and schools
Feedback for learners, teachers and schools
Detailed feedback is a central feature of Cambridge Secondary • To review the parts of the curriculum where teaching has been
1 Checkpoint.
most effective and the parts where it has been less effective.
This can help teachers to learn lessons about the teaching
The main purposes of the feedback are:
approaches that work well, and to improve their teaching of
• To provide information on a learner’s areas of strength and future groups of learners.
weakness. The feedback enables the future teaching of those The feedback is sent in two parts.
learners to be effectively focused. The strengths can be
consolidated and the areas of weakness can be tackled.

Part 1: Part 2:
This is sent within four weeks of the completed scripts being The End of session report is sent when the results from all
received in Cambridge. This feedback has three parts: schools offering Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint
tests have been processed. This feedback has four parts:

1. A report on the performance of individual learners. 1. The Principal examiner’s report on the question papers
and learners’ responses.
2. A report on the performance of teaching groups.
2.The demographic breakdown of the whole entry showing
3. A report on the performance of the school as a whole. the average performance of learners broken down by age and
These reports are offered for each of the four subjects – whether English is their first language.
English, English as a Second Language, Mathematics 3. Block diagrams to illustrate the performance of learners by
and Science. age and whether English is their first language.

4. Cumulative frequency graphs illustrating the performance of

learners by age and whether English is their first language.
These reports are offered for each of the four subjects –
English, English as a Second Language, Mathematics
and Science.

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 Introduction
Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint – comprehensive feedback for learners,
teachers and schools
The Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale Example feedback reports
Performance in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint tests is not Examples of the different types of report are shown, with
reported as raw scores (simple numbers of marks). This is explanatory notes, on the next pages.
because raw scores are not suitable for making direct
comparisons between different sets of questions. For example, if The example reports are for Science, but reports in English,
a learner achieves a higher raw score on the Biology questions English as a Second Language and Mathematics are identical in
than on the Chemistry questions, this might be because: format apart from the names of the strands and sub-strands in
the curriculum.
• the learner is stronger in Biology
• the Biology questions were easier
• there were more marks available in Biology
or it may be due to a combination of these reasons.
Similarly, it is not possible to directly compare raw scores.

In order to make direct comparisons, it is necessary to convert

raw scores into scores on a standardised scale of achievement.
The Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale takes the
difficulty of the questions into account, so that if a learner
achieves a higher Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint score in
Biology than in Chemistry, this can only mean that a learner is
better at Biology than Chemistry.

The Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale runs from 0.0

to 6.0, with 0.0 being the lowest possible score and 6.0 the
highest.

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 Statement of achievement

Feedback on an individual student: Statement of

achievement
The feedback on individual learners comes in two parts: a

Statement of
achievement
Statement of achievement and a Report to student. Both parts
should be given to the learner.

Each learner receives a Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint

Statement of achievement which shows how well he or she has
performed in the tests.

The Statement of achievement reflects:

 The level of achievement reached by the learner across the

whole test. This is expressed as a score on the Cambridge
Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale.
 The level of achievement reached in each of the strands,
expressed on the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint
scale. In this particular example, the student is stronger in
Biology and Physics than in Chemistry or Scientific
enquiry. A list of the main strands in each subject is given
in the Appendix.

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 Statement of
achievement
STATEMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT

TEST Candidate 1
Student Number: 1 Centre Name: Test School Centre Number: T1234

Overall result Strand results

Subject: Science Biology 4.7

Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint Chemistry 3.4

Score: 4.1 Date: May 2012 Physics 4.3

Scientific enquiry 3.7

Explanatory Notes

The results are given using the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale. Scores on the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale are from 0.0 (the lowest level of achievement) to 6.0 (the

highest level of achievement). This document is a Statement of Achievement in a Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint test. Examination certificates are not issued for Cambridge Secondary 1

Checkpoint tests.

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 Report to student

Feedback on an individual student: Report to student

This is the second part of the feedback on individual learners,

and provides more information than the Statement of
achievement.

The Report to student includes:

 Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores for the subject

as a whole and for the main strands within the subject.
These scores are the same as on the Statement of
achievement but are broken down into more detail.

feedback reports
 A brief explanation of the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint
scale.

Example
 A list of the four most difficult part-questions that the learner
answered correctly, together with the main strands and sub-
strands assessed by those part-questions. This information
gives an indication of the sub-strands in which the learner is
particularly strong.

 A list of the four easiest part-questions that the learner

answered incorrectly, together with the main strand and
sub-strands assessed by those part-questions. This information
gives an indication of the sub-strands in which the learner is
particularly weak.

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 REPORT TO STUDENT
To be given to the student with the Statement of Achievement

Student Name: TEST Candidate 1 Centre: Test School Subject: Science

Student Number: 1 Centre Number: T1234 Date: May 2012

Your Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint results What you got right and what you got wrong
are as follows:

feedback reports
Most of your answers were as expected for a student with your Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint
score. However, some of your answers were surprising: the most surprising ones are listed below. They
Science (Overall) score = 4.1
may give you information about what parts of the subject you are good at and what parts you need to

Example
Biology score = 4.7 work harder at.
Chemistry score = 3.4
Physics score = 4.3
Questions you answered well that we expected you to find difficult
Scientific enquiry score = 3.7
Question and part Strand Sub-strand Paper
7b Physics Electricity and magnetism 2
This is what the scores mean:
6b Biology Humans as organisms 2
6.0 - 10c2 Biology Plants 1
Excellent 2 Chemistry The Earth 2
5.0 -
Very good Questions you did not answer well that we expected you to find easy
4.0 -
Good Question and part Strand Sub-strand Paper
3.0 - 6b Physics Electricity and magnetism 1
OK 4ai Biology Plants 1
2.0 -
8b Scientific enquiry Obtaining and presenting evidence 1
Poor
1.0 - 10a Biology Humans as organisms 1
Very poor
0.0 -

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 Report on teaching group: Part 1

Report on teaching group: Part 1

The feedback on each teaching group comes in three parts.
Part 1 is the summary. This covers:

 The Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint score for the

subject as a whole, averaged over all the learners in the
teaching group.
 The Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores for each of the
main strand areas, averaged over all the learners in the
teaching group. In this particular example, the group as a whole
has performed better in Physics than in Chemistry. For a list of

feedback reports
the main strand areas in each subject, please see the

Example
Appendix.
 The Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale explained
for teachers.
 The performance of the teaching group in each sub-strand. This
analysis reports on whether the performance of the group on
the sub-strand was better than expected, worse than expected
or as expected. The analysis takes into account both the
difficulties of the questions in the sub-strand and the overall
ability of the learners.
In this particular example, when the difficulties of the questions
are taken into account, and given the overall level of ability of the
learners, they performed as expected in The Earth in Chemistry,
and Forces and motion in Physics, but worse than expected
in Material changes in Chemistry. This helps to identify more
precisely the group’s areas of strength and weakness.

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 REPORT ON TEACHING GROUP 1 - Part 1 : Summary
Name of Teaching Group: S1 Science Centre: Test School Subject: SCIENCE
Number of Students: 6 Centre Number: T1234 Date: May 2012
Average Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores for this Performance in each sub-strand
teaching group are as follows: For this part of the report, we have used the overall ability of each student and the difficulty of
each question to predict how well each student should perform on each question. We have then
Science (overall) Average score = 4.9
compared their predicted performance with their actual performance. If there is a sub-strand
Biology Average score = 5.5 where your group of students has performed better than expected, this may indicate that the

feedback reports
teaching has been particularly effective in that sub-strand. If there is a sub-strand where your
Chemistry Average score = 4.1 group of students has performed worse than expected, this may indicate that the coverage of the
Physics Average score = 5.1 sub-strand was incomplete or that learning in this area has been less thorough than in other

Example
areas.
Scientific enquiry Average score = 4.8
Biology
Explanation of the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint Scale: Bc Cells and organisms Performance was better than expected
Bh Humans as organisms Performance was as expected
• Scores on the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scale are from 0.0 (the Be Living things in their environment Performance was as expected
lowest level of ability) to 6.0 (the highest level of ability) Bp Plants Performance was as expected
Bv Variation and classification Performance was as expected
• Students achieving between 3.0 and 4.0 have a sound understanding of most
of the curriculum content. Chemistry
Cc Material changes Performance was worse than expected
Cp Material properties Performance was as expected
• Student achieving less than 2.0 have a basic understanding of the curriculum
Cs States of matter Performance was as expected
content. They would benefit from more focus on some areas of the curriculum. The Earth Performance was as expected
Ce
• Student achieving more than 5.0 have an excellent understanding of the Physics
curriculum content. Pm Electricity and magnetism Performance was as expected
Pe Energy Performance was as expected
Pf Forces and motion Performance was as expected
Pl Light Performance was as expected
Ps Sound Performance was as expected
Note: Pb The Earth and beyond Performance was as expected

Any student who missed a paper has been omitted from the analysis on this Scientific enquiry
page. Ec Considering evidence and approach Performance was as expected
Eo Obtaining and presenting evidence Performance was as expected
Ep Planning from ideas and evidence Performance was as expected

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 Report on teaching group: Part 2

Report on teaching group: Part 2

The second part of the feedback on a teaching group provides a
summary for teachers of all their learners’ results in that subject.

The List of students’ results covers:

 The individual learner’s Cambridge Secondary 1 subject as a

whole and on each of the main strands within the subject.
 The averages for the whole teaching group: these figures are
the same as on Part 1 of the Report on teaching group.

feedback reports
Example
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 REPORT ON TEACHING GROUP 1 - Part 2 : List of Students' Results
Name of Teaching Group: S1 Science Centre: Test School Subject: SCIENCE
Number of Students: 6 Centre Number: T1234 Date: May 2012

Table of Students' Results

Any student who missed a paper has been omitted from the analysis on this page.

feedback reports
Results (Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores)
Student No. Student Name Science Biology Chemistry Physics Scientific enquiry

Example
1 TEST Candidate 1 4.1 4.7 3.4 4.3 3.7
2 TEST Candidate 2 4.3 4.7 3.6 4.1 5.0
3 TEST Candidate 3 5.1 6.0 3.4 5.2 5.7
4 TEST Candidate 4 4.7 5.8 4.1 4.7 4.0
5 TEST Candidate 5 5.3 5.8 4.3 6.0 5.3
6 TEST Candidate 6 6.0 6.0 5.5 6.0 5.3
Class Average 4.9 5.5 4.1 5.1 4.8

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 Report on teaching group: Part 3

Report on teaching group: Part 3

This provides the teacher with information about the raw marks  The main part of the report shows the marks scored by each
scored by each learner on each part of each question. learner on each part-question. Where the learner has not
attempted to answer, the mark is given by a dot. This report
 Each column in the report represents a part-question. The top
can be used to identify particular questions that have caused
few rows are column headings, giving the paper number,
difficulties for the learners, particularly in areas where their
question number, and identifying the question part.
performance has been identified as worse than expected
 Below the column headings, the table shows the codes for (see Part 2 of the Report on teaching group ). In this particular
the main strand and sub-strand assessed by each part- example, Material Changes (Cc) in Chemistry was identified
question. A list of the codes for all three subjects is given in as an area where performance was worse than expected.
the Appendix. There is also a list on Part 1 of the Report on The teacher might then want to look at these question parts to

feedback reports
teaching group. see if there is a reason for this difficulty, such as an aspect of

Example
 The next row of the table shows the maximum number of the topic assessed in this question that was not included in
marks available for each part-question. the teaching.
 The last four columns on the right-hand side of the report show
the total scores of each learner on each paper and on the test
as a whole, together with the Cambridge Secondary 1
Checkpoint scores achieved by the learners.

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 REPORT ON TEACHING GROUP 1 - Part 3 : Marks scored on each question
Name of Teaching Group: S1 Science Centre: Test School Subject: SCIENCE
Number of Students: 6 Centre Number: T1234 Date: May 2012

Table of marks scored by each Student on each question

Any student who missed a paper has been omitted from the analysis on this page.

feedback reports
Paper 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Example
Q No 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

and a a b c a b a a b a a b b a b c a b a b c a b c 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 a b a b c d a b a a b a a b a a a b a a b a b 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
part i i i i i i i i a b c c a a a b a b c i i i i i i 3 i i a b c c a b c d a b b b
i i i i i 2 i 2 3 i i i i i 2 i 2 3

Strand E E E E C P P B B B C C C C P P P B B E E E P P P B B B B C C C C P P P P P C B B B B P P C C C B B B P P P P C C C B B B E E E E C B E E E E E
p o p o p f s p e h s c p s l m b p c p o p f s l h p c p c c c e m b f e l e h p e h m b p s e v e h f e l m p s e v e v o p o c p v c o c o c P1 P2 Test Chkpt

Max 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 50 50 100

Students

1 1 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 25 50 4.1

2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 25 29 54 4.3

3 1 1 1 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 35 31 66 5.1

4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 31 60 4.7

5 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 38 32 70 5.3

6 1 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 41 39 80 6.0

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 Centre report

Centre report
The Centre report is an overview for the head of department. It
provides an average Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint score
for all learners in the school. The average scores and pattern of
performance in sub-strands are also calculated for all learners.

feedback reports
Example
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 feedback reports
Example
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 End of session reports

End of session report: Principal examiner’s report and

Demographic breakdown of entry
The End of session reports for all three subjects – English,
Mathematics and Science – are sent out together.

For each subject, the first part of the End of session report is
the Principal examiner’s report, a report describing the learners’
performance on each question. An example of a Principal
examiner’s report is not shown here because they may vary in
format and style.

The second part of the End of session report is the

feedback reports
Demographic breakdown of total entry.

Example
 The whole group of Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint
learners, from all Centres, is broken down into three age
categories (13 and under, 14, 15 and over) and into two
language categories (first language English, first language not
English). This enables Centres to compare their own
performance with that of other schools with similar learners.
 For each category, the number of learners is shown as a
percentage of the total entry.
 For each category of learner, the average Cambridge
Secondary 1 Checkpoint score on the subject as a whole and
on each of the main strands is shown.

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 Demographic breakdown of total entry for Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint Science
Percentage of total Average total score Average Biology Average Chemistry Average Physics Average Scientific
entry score score score enquiry score
Age in years First Language
13 and under Not English 6.0 3.8 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.1
13 and under English 1.4 4.5 3.5 3.6 3.4 2.5

feedback reports
13 and under All 7.4 3.9 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.2
Age in years First Language

Example
14 Not English 38.8 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.3
14 English 12.3 3.9 3.1 2.9 3.1 2.2
14 All 51.1 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.3
Age in years First Language
15 and over Not English 30.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.1
15 and over English 10.5 3.7 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.2
15 and over All 41.5 3.8 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.1
Age in years First Language
All Not English 75.8 4.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.2
All English 24.2 3.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.2
All All 100.0 3.9 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.2

Please note that in the block charts that follow, the horizontal axis representing Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores is annotated from 0 to 6.

The value 0 represents the group of scores below 1.0,

the value 1 represents the group of scores from 1.0 to 1.9,
the value 2 represents the group of scores from 2.0 to 2.9,
the value 3 represents the group of scores from 3.0 to 3.9,
the value 4 represents the group of scores from 4.0 to 4.9,
the value 5 represents the group of scores from 5.0 to 5.9,
the value 6 represents the group of scores of 6.0 or more.

For the curve graphs which follow the block charts, the horizontal axis also represents Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores, but here the scores are continuous rather than grouped. The tick marks along the horizontal
axis therefore represent actual Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores.

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 End of session reports

End of session report: Block diagrams

The third part of the End of session report is a series of block
charts similar to the example shown.

 Each block chart shows the distributions of Cambridge

Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores achieved by the
learners.
 The block charts break the learners into categories so that the
distributions for the categories may be compared. In this
particular example, the categories are the language categories:
a separate block diagram will show the distributions for the

feedback reports
different age categories.

Example
 The example shows the distribution of Cambridge Secondary
1 Checkpoint scores for the subject as a whole. There are also
block diagrams showing the distributions for each of the main
strand areas.

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 Distribution of Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint total score
for Science classified by student's first language.

feedback reports
Example
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 End of session reports

End of session report: Cumulative frequency graphs

The fourth section of the End of session report is a series of
cumulative frequency graphs. These show the percentage of
learners who achieved a particular Cambridge Secondary 1
Checkpoint score or less. All the curves therefore start at 0 per
cent of learners scoring 0.0 or less, and end at 100 per cent of
learners scoring
6.0 or less.

 The graphs show the learners broken down into categories. In

the example shown, the categories are by age, and

feedback reports
consequently there are three curves shown. The End of
session report also includes a cumulative frequency graph

Example
with two curves for the learners categorised by whether their
first language is English or not.
 The example shows the cumulative frequencies of Cambridge
Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores for the subject as a whole.
Separate graphs are provided showing the Cambridge
Secondary 1 Checkpoint scores on each of the main strand
areas.

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 Distribution of Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint total
score for Science by student's age, showing the cumulative
percentage of the number of students at each score.

feedback reports
Example
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 Appendix
Cambridge Secondary 1 curriculum frameworks are divided into different content areas, known as strands and sub-strands.
Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint reports are based on analysis of learners’ performance in the strands and sub-strands that are
tested in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint tests. Some strands of the curriculum are not reported separately.
The table below lists the strands and sub-strands reported in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint.

English – strands, sub-strands and reporting codes in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint reports
Strands Sub-strands Reporting codes
Usage  Sentence structure Un
 Punctuation Up
 Vocabulary Uv
 Spelling Us
Reading  Explicit meaning Rx
 Use of language Ru
 Implicit meaning Ri

Writing  Content Wc
 Purpose/audience Wa
 Text structure Wt

Appendix
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 Appendix

English as a Second Language – strands, sub-strands and reporting codes in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint reports
Strands Sub-strands Reporting codes
Reading  Main idea Rm
 Gist / global meaning Rg
 Detail Rd
 Function Rf
Usage  General vocabulary Ug
 Collocation Uc
 Grammatical forms Uf
 Sentence structure Ut
 Language range and appropriacy Ul
Writing  Content Wc
 Communicative achievement Wa
 Organisation Wo
Listening  Main idea Lm
 Gist / global meaning Lg

Appendix
 Detail Ld
 Opinion / attitude / feeling Lo

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 Appendix

Mathematics – strands, sub-strands and reporting codes in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint reports
Strands Sub-strands Reporting codes
Number  Integers, powers and roots Ni
 Place value ordering and rounding Np
 Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion Nf
 Calculation Nc
Algebra  Expressions, equations and formulae Ae
 Sequences, functions and graphs As
Geometry and measure  Shapes and geometric reasoning Gs
 Position and movement Gp
 Length, mass and capacity Gl
 Time and rates of change Gt
 Area, perimeter and volume Ga
Handling data  Planning and processing data Dp

Appendix
 Interpreting and discussing results Di
 Probability Db

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 Appendix

Science – Strands, sub-strands and reporting codes in Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint reports
Strands Sub-strands Reporting codes
Scientific enquiry  Planning from ideas and evidence Ep*
 Obtaining and presenting evidence Eo
 Considering evidence and approach Ec

Biology  Plants Bp
 Humans as organisms Bh
 Cells and organisms Bc
 Living things in their environment Be
 Variation and classification Bv
Chemistry  States of matter Cs
 Material properties Cp
 Material changes Cc
 The Earth Ce
Physics  Forces and motion Pf
 Electricity and magnetism Pm
 Energy Pe

Appendix
 The Earth and beyond Pb
 Sound Ps
 Light Pl

* Please note that the Ep reporting code covers both the Ideas and
evidence and Plan investigative work sub-strands from the curriculum.

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