10 Dec 09: SOSCA TO SQA Value Added Feedback now available.

27 Nov 09: SOSCA Registrations now open for testing in 2010.

27 Nov 09: SOSCA is being updated to suit curriculum changes
In addition to our continual updating of items, science teachers are being invited to take a stake in SOSCA by contributing their experiences with the new curricula.

30 June 09: SOSCA Value Added Feedback ready: MidYIS Y7 to SOSCA
This represents the progress in attainment made in the first three years of secondary schooling. For Independent Schools there is also a second analysis comparing performance against Independent School norms.

23 June 09: SOSCA Value Added Feedback ready: MidYIS S1 to SOSCA

18 June 09: SOSCA Value Added Feedback ready: PIPS P7 to SOSCA
We are pleased to inform you that your next set of SOSCA feedback is now ready for you to download. This set consists of Value Added measures from PIPS P7 to SOSCA, representing the progress in attainment made in the first two years of secondary schooling.

8 June 09: SOSCA Baseline Feedback ready
We are pleased to announce that assessment feedback, predictions to GCSE, and attitudinal feedback are NOW available for the INSIGHT and SOSCA curriculum based assessments.

INSIGHT and SOSCA, taken at the end of Year 9, are alternatives to KS3 SATs. They offer computer-delivered adaptive assessments in Maths, Science and Reading. Results are reported as Key Stage 3 equivalent levels and standardised scores against nationally representative norms. Progress measures from the MidYIS assessment at the start of secondary school to the end of Year 9 and from the end of Year 9 to GCSE are also included in the cost. Additionally INSIGHT provides informative measures of developed ability to provide a full picture of what your pupils know and can do.

To find out more visit www.ceminsight.org and www.soscaproject.org or email insight@cem.dur.ac.uk or sosca@cem.dur.ac.uk

SOSCA FAQs include much updated information.
See our FAQ page.

SOSCA secure access now uses Secondary+
Secondary+ is CEM's secure website for easier, single-point access to all our secondary pre-16 information systems, including SOSCA.

SOSCA testing underway, 20th April to 15th May
Schools in UK and overseas are now using the SOSCA assessments in the 2009 Testing Window

CEM Centre conferences now include SOSCA.
Our secondary conferences are now planned to include information about using SOSCA and INSIGHT. 
E.g. 26th Jan 2010 in London (Monitoring Achievement and Progress in Independent Schools)
For full details see the Conferences web page: www.cemcentre.org/conferences, Secondary Conferences or International Conferences.

SOSCA offers independent assessments instead of KS3 SATs

SOSCA is independent, efficient and informative. Adaptive and computer-based, it is quick to administer and covers a wide range of pupil attainment.  Its feedback arrives promptly and securely.

It backs up teachers' judgement with objective evidence; it provides a detailed breakdown of pupils' individual attainment relative to nation-wide norms, and gives reliable subject-level and school-level measures of value-added performance.

And it's ready now and in use in schools throughout the UK.