PREFACE

In November 1987, the Secretary of State for Scotland published a consultation paper, 'Curriculum and Assessment in Scotland : A Policy for the 90s', which identified a need for:

clear guidance on what pupils should be learning in primary schools and in the first two years of secondary schools;

improved assessment of pupils' progress;

better information for parents about the curriculum and about their children's performance.

Following a period of consultation, a committee on Reporting 5-14 was established by the Scottish Office Education Department to advise on the formulation of national guidelines on reporting and to prepare a new pupil progress report.

These guidelines on reporting are based on the report of the Committee on Reporting, which was issued as a consultative document in August 1991. The Secretary of State has now decided to issue the guidelines as his considered advice on Reporting 5-14.