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Mae diwygio addysg yn genhadaeth genedlaethol – drwy weithio gyda’n gilydd fe sicrhawn fod ein pobl ifanc yn cael pob cyfle i gyrraedd eu potensial. Hoffwn, felly, eich diweddaru ynghylch sut y bydd y  Profion Darllen a Rhifedd yn newid yn y dyfodol fel rhan o’r gwaith diwygio hwn.  
  
Ers 2013, mae pob dysgwr ym mlynyddoedd 2–9 wedi sefyll profion Darllen a Rhifedd blynyddol. Mae’r profion, sy’n cyd\-fynd â Chwricwlwm Cenedlaethol Cymru a’r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd, yn parhau’n rhan bwysig o’n rhaglen, yn awr ac at y dyfodol, wrth inni symud at y cwricwlwm newydd a’r trefniadau asesu newydd. I gyflawni’n nod o godi safonau, mae’n hanfodol ein bod yn rhoi gwybodaeth ychwanegol i ysgolion i wella’u dealltwriaeth o sut y mae eu dysgwyr yn datblygu o ran eu sgiliau llythrennedd a rhifedd, a pha gamau dilynol y gellir eu cymryd i’w  cefnogi i ddatblygu ymhellach.   
  
Mae Dyfodol Llwyddiannus yn nodi bod lle i brofion mewn ysgolion ac, hefyd, y “dylai dulliau arloesol o asesu, gan gynnwys dulliau rhyngweithiol, gael eu datblygu gan fanteisio ar y posibiliadau cynyddol mewn technoleg ddigidol”.  
  
Yn unol â’r argymhelliad hwn ac yng nghyd\-destun y rhaglen diwygio addysg ehangach, o flwyddyn academaidd 2018/19 ymlaen, byddwn yn cyflwyno cenhedlaeth newydd o asesiadau ar\-lein arloesol ar gyfer darllen a rhifedd – asesiadau personol.  
  
Bydd yr asesiadau wedi’u personoli hyn yn addasu lefel y cwestiynau i gyd\-fynd ag atebion y dysgwr. Hynny yw, bydd yn addasu i roi her briodol ar gyfer pob unigolyn. Golyga hyn y caiff pob dysgwr gwestiynau sy’n cyd\-fynd â’i sgiliau darllen a rhifedd, cwestiynau sy’n gosod her briodol ar ei gyfer. Bydd ysgolion yn derbyn gwybodaeth o safon am sgiliau dysgwyr, a honno’n wybodaeth wedi’i theilwra ar gyfer pob dysgwr. Gall yr ysgol yna ddefnyddio’r wybodaeth hon i gynllunio’r camau nesaf o addysgu a dysgu.   
  
Yng Nghymru, nid ydym yn defnyddio canlyniadau’r Profion Cenedlaethol i ddyfarnu ar berfformiad ysgolion. Mae ein profion ni, yn awr ac yn y dyfodol gyda’r genhedlaeth newydd o asesiadau arloesol, at ddefnydd ffurfiannol gan ysgolion. Adnoddau ydynt a fydd yn galluogi athrawon i gefnogi pob dysgwr i ddatblygu’r sgiliau sydd eu hangen arnynt i lwyddo, a hynny yn yr ysgol a thu hwnt.  
  
Ymhlith manteision yr asesiadau newydd hyn mae: adborth ar unwaith, marcio awtomatig, a hyblygrwydd er mwyn i’r asesiadau gael eu defnyddio ar adeg sy’n siwtio’r ysgol. Bydd y broses o drosglwyddo i’r profion newydd yn para 3 blynedd a chanlyniad hyn yn y pen draw fydd model cynaliadwy a safonol ar gyfer asesu.  
  
Mae’r dull hwn wedi’i deilwro i Gymru. Mae’n dangos sut rydyn ni’n buddsoddi yn ein hysgolion i wella safonau ac i sicrhau bod pob disgybl, beth bynnag ei gefndir, yn cael y cyfle i wireddu ei botensial.   








Translation:


 
Education reform is our national mission, and by working together we will ensure that our young people have the opportunity to reach their full potential.  I want to update you on the way that the National Reading and Numeracy Tests will be changing in the future as part of this reform journey.  

  

Since 2013 all learners in years 2\-9 have sat annual tests in Reading and Numeracy. The tests, aligned to the National Curriculum in Wales and the Literacy and Numeracy Framework, remain a key part of our programme, both now and as we move to the new curriculum and assessment arrangements.  Providing schools with additional information to help their understanding of how their learners’ literacy and numeracy skills are developing, and what next steps can be taken to support them to develop further, is essential to  achieving our aim of raising standards.  

  

Successful Futures notes that there is a place for testing in schools and that “innovative approaches to assessment, including interactive approaches, should be developed drawing on the increasing potential contribution of digital technology”.    

  

In line with this recommendation, and in the context of the wider educational reform programme, from the 2018/19 academic year we will be introducing  a new generation of innovative, online assessments for reading and numeracy – personalised assessments.  

  

Personalised assessments will adapt the difficulty of the questions to match the responses of the learner, adjusting to provide appropriate challenge for each individual. This means that all learners will be presented with questions that match and challenge their individual skills in reading and numeracy. Schools will receive high quality, tailored information about each learner’s skills that they can use to plan the next steps for teaching and learning.  

  

In Wales we do not use National Test results to make judgements on school performance. Our tests, now and as we move forward to a new generation of innovative assessments, are for formative use by schools. These are tools which enable teachers to support all our learners to develop the skills that they need to thrive in their years at school and throughout their lives.  

  

Benefits of the new assessments will include more immediate feedback, automatic marking, and the flexibility for the assessments to be used at a time which suits the school. The transition will take place over three years and will put in place a high quality, sustainable model for assessment going forward.  

  

This approach is tailor made for Wales. It shows how we are investing in our schools to drive up standards and ensure that every pupil, whatever their background, has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.