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Cafodd y Rhaglen Wirio Allanol Genedlaethol ei chyflwyno yn dilyn ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus yn ystod tymor y Gwanwyn 2015\. Diben y Rhaglen oedd cryfhau cywirdeb a chysondeb asesiadau athrawon ar ddiwedd Cyfnodau Allweddol 2 a 3\.  
  
Ffurfiodd y pedwar consortia addysg rhanbarthol a’r darparwr TG, sef CDSM Interactive Solutions, Bartneriaeth Genedlaethol a ddarparodd y rhaglen ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru dros gyfnod o ddwy flynedd academaidd.  Yn 2014\-2015, gwriwyd mathemateg a gwyddoniaeth, ac y llynedd bu’r rhaglen yn canolbwyntio ar wirio Cymraeg a Saesneg.   
  
Dros y cyfnod o ddwy flynedd bu’r Rhaglen yn asesu pa mor dda oedd y prosesau asesu a safoni athrawon yn gweithio ac yn helpu i nodi’r hyfforddiant oedd ei angen ar ysgolion a chlystyrau. Darparodd y Bartneriaeth adborth i ysgolion, awdurdodau lleol a’r consortia, a rhoddwyd canllawiau i bob ysgol yn eu rhanbarth.   
  
Rwy’n ddiolchgar tu hwnt i bob ysgol a chlwstwr ledled Cymru sydd wedi cydweithredu a chymryd rhan yn y Rhaglen. Roedd cymryd rhan mewn modd cadarnhaol yn help mawr i’r Rhaglen gyfrannu at wella cywirdeb a chysondeb asesiadau athrawon, a hynny trwy roi adborth o ansawdd uchel.  
  
Yn awr, mae’r amser wedi dod i symud ymlaen. Er mwyn cyflawni ein hamcanion o ddiwygio asesiadau a’n nod cenedlaethol i well addysg i bob person ifanc yng Nghymru, dylai pawb fod yn rhan o’r gwaith o wella asesiadau athrawon. Rhaid i Lywodraeth Cymru, y consortia rhanbarthol a’r ysgolion weithio ar y cyd. Bydd y gwersi a ddysgwyd o’r Rhaglen Wirio Allanol yn cael eu cynnwys yn y cynlluniau ar gyfer cyflwyno’r Cwricwlwm newydd i Gymru, fel y nodir yn Dyfodol Llwyddiannus.   
  
Felly, yn unol ag argymhelliad y Bartneriaeth, rwyf wedi penderfynu dod â’r Rhaglen Wirio Allanol i ben a rhoi rhaglen yn ei lle a fydd yn cadw at y nod gwreiddiol o wella asesiadau athrawon a chanolbwyntio ar anghenion athrawon ac ysgolion. Bydd y rhaglen yn gynaliadwy, ac yn rhan o waith ehangach i gyflwyno agenda ddiwygio Dyfodol Llwyddiannus drwy’r Rhwydwaith Ysgolion Arloesi, a chaiff ei chynnwys yng Nghynlluniau Busnes y consortia rhanbarthol  
  
Mae sicrhau bod asesiadau athrawon yn gywir, yn ddibynadwy ac yn gyson drwy Gymru yn parhau’n flaenoriaeth i Lywodraeth Cymru. Bydd y rhaglen ehangach, newydd yn rhoi cyfle i Gymru daro’r hoelen ar ei phen yn hyn o beth.

  







Translation:


 
The National Programme of External Verification was introduced following public consultation in Spring 2015\. The Programme was designed to strengthen the accuracy and consistency of teacher assessments at the end of Key Stages 2 and 3\.  

  

The four regional education consortia and the IT provider, CDSM Interactive Solutions, formed the National Partnership, which delivered the programme on behalf of the Welsh Government over the period of two academic years.  In 2014\-2015 mathematics and science were verified, while last year’s programme focused on the verification of English and Welsh.  

  

Over the two year period, the Programme assessed how accurately teacher assessment and moderation processes were working and helped to identify training for schools and clusters. The Partnership provided feedback to schools, local authorities and consortia and relevant guidance was distributed to all schools in their regions.  

  

I am very grateful to all schools and clusters across Wales that participated and cooperated with the Programme. Their positive engagement greatly helped the programme to achieve its main purpose of contributing to the improvement of the accuracy and consistency of teacher assessment through high quality feedback.  

Now it is time to move forward. To achieve our aims for assessment reform and our national mission to improve education for all our young people in Wales, the work to improve teacher assessment must become everyone’s business. It needs to be undertaken collectively, by the Welsh Government, regional consortia and schools. The lessons learnt from the External Verification Programme will be fed into the plans for the introduction of the new Welsh Curriculum as set out in Successful Futures.  

Therefore, in line with the Partnership’s recommendations, I have decided to end the Programme of External Verification and put in place a programme that will maintain the original aim of improving teacher assessment and focus on the needs of teachers and schools. The programme will be sustainable, becoming part of the wider work to deliver the Successful Futures reform agenda through the Pioneer Schools Network and embedded in the regional consortia’s Business Plans.    

  

The Welsh Government’s priority remains to ensure that teacher assessment is accurate, reliable and consistent throughout Wales. The new, wider programme will offer Wales an opportunity to get this right.