The New Group Maths Test (NGMT) is an adaptive attainment test; questions are automatically presented based on a student’s previous responses. More able students are challenged, while children in need of more scaffolding see content that is more appropriate and accessible to them.
With NGMT you can validate your maths curriculum, evaluate attainment and progress across your school. It also suports your classroom teachers (both specialist and non-specialist) in further understanding their students’ maths profiles.
NGMT provides insight into the key processes of recalling and using maths facts, reasoning and problem-solving, as well as content-specific domains, with reports that can be customised to suit your needs
NGMT offers a personalised test-taking experience for each child, as the questions are automatically presented based on a student’s responses. More able students are challenged, while children in need of more scaffolding see content that is more appropriate and accessible to them.
According to the British Dyslexia Association, an average of one or two children in every classroom experience developed dyscalculia. Between 4% and 6% of all people in the UK are considered to be ‘number dyslexic’. NGMT can support you in identifying those ‘at risk’ students and highlighting when further exploration may be needed.
Understand where each student is on their journey towards mastery. NGMT helps you evaluate overall maths attainment, ensuring each student is challenged at the right level. By tracking progress every term, you can monitor development, adjust support and stay informed at key transition points.
Gain a clear picture of each student’s maths strengths and areas for support. Our NGMT reports break down attainment by maths domains, including number and algebra, fractions, geometry and more. Get insights into essential skills like maths facts, reasoning and problem-solving.
Use NGMT alongside our New Group Reading Test (NGRT) for a consistent assessment approach across core subjects. NGMT data can also directly inform personalised learning pathways in Renaissance Freckle, our adaptive maths teaching and practice platform.
Validate your professional judgement with NGMT. Effortlessly assess students of the same age with varying attainment levels, using self-marking tests that provide national benchmarks. Identify next steps for progress, inform curriculum planning and shape focus groups with confidence.
NGMT scores come to life through our interactive reporting tool, giving you the information you need, displayed the way you choose. Reports include all key metrics: Standard Age Score, statistical insights by curriculum domain and breakdowns by groups and student demographics. With the enhanced NGMT Reporting Hub, viewing, personalising and interpreting your data is even easier, offering clear national comparisons to support informed decision-making.
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NGMT is a holistic assessment of a child’s mathematical attainment. The test measures students’ mathematical knowledge and skills in three curriculum areas:
As well as this, questions have been written to assess other important elements of a child’s maths development:
NGMT is an adaptive, digital assessment. Children enter the test according to their chronological age and begin with questions that are consistent with this. Depending on their question responses, each child moves through the assessment, and the difficulty of each question changes to become more or less challenging.
Younger children will see 30 test questions; older children will see 40.
The assessment generally requires between 45 and 60 minutes to be completed.
As well as an overall measure of maths attainment, NGMT reporting will provide stanine information for each of the above curriculum strands/domains.
An NGMT Reporting Hub within schools’ pre-existing Testwise accounts allows users to display the most important information to them. We have developed the reports to be flexible so different users can manipulate the data in the most valuable way.
NGMT is available exclusively digitally through the same Testwise platform as our other assessments. Call our team on 0330 123 5375 to add NGMT to your existing subscriptions or to set up a new one.
Like its sister assessment, the New Group Reading Test, NGMT will have three Forms. However, because it combines knowledge and skills assessment, Testwise will automatically assign the appropriate Form – A, B, or C – based on the testing dates.
NGMT is designed for children who were six years of age at the beginning of the new academic year. This is equivalent to children in England’s Year 2. Similarly, children of 12 years of age but beyond the equivalent of England’s Year 7 will be too old for the assessment in its current form. Please note that establishing sittings that include children outside this age range may still be possible and that credits may be consumed if these students attempt to sit the test.