Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Mae’r Sgôr Pwyntiau wedi’i Chapio newydd (Capio 9\) yn canolbwyntio ar ganlyniadau disgyblion Blwyddyn 11 o blith naw o’r cymwysterau sydd ar gael yng Nghymru. Caiff y rhain eu defnyddio i fesur perfformiad ysgol yng Nghyfnod Allweddol 4 (TGAU a chymwysterau galwedigaethol cyfatebol).

Mae athrawon ac eraill yn y sector addysg wedi codi pryderon gerbron Llywodraeth Cymru fod canlyniadau oedd heb eu bwriadu i rai o’r newidiadau i’r dangosyddion perfformiad a oedd yn deillio o’r Adolygiad o Gymwysterau. Yn eu plith, mae cyfyngu ar nifer dewisiadau disgyblion o blith y cwricwlwm a chyfleu darlun rhy gul o berfformiad ysgol.

Dywedodd Kirsty Williams:


> “Yn 2014 fy wnaeth fy rhagflaenydd gyhoeddi cyfres o newidiadau i fesurau perfformiad ysgolion yng Nghyfnod Allweddol 4 o ganlyniad i’r Adolygiad o Gymwysterau, gan gynnwys cyflwyno Sgôr Pwyntiau wedi’i Chapio ddiwygiedig.
> 
> “Ers hynny rydyn ni wedi dechrau gweithio ar gwricwlwm newydd i Gymru a rydyn ni am sicrhau bod argymhellion yr Adolygiad yn cyd\-fynd â’r trywydd rydyn ni’n ei ddilyn ar hyn o bryd.
> 
> “Wrth i’r newidiadau hyn gael eu cyflwyno, mae ysgolion a’r proffesiwn addysgu wedi nodi y bu yna ganlyniadau oedd heb eu bwriadu. Un ohonynt yw cyfyngu ar ba bynciau y gall disgyblion ddewis eu hastudio, canlyniad na fyddai’r un ohonom yn ei groesawu. Maen nhw hefyd wedi dweud eu bod yn rhoi darlun rhy gul o berfformiad ysgol.
> 
> “Ar ôl gwrando ar y pryderon hyn rydw i wedi penderfynu na fyddwn bellach yn canolbwyntio ar y Sgôr Pwyntiau wedi’i Chapio fel y prif ddangosydd ar gyfer perfformiad ysgolion o 2017 ymlaen.
> 
> “Yn lle hynny, caiff ei defnyddio’n rhan o ystod eang o fesurau all gael eu hystyried wrth werthuso perfformiad disgyblion sy’n astudio yng Nghyfnod Allweddol 4\. Byddwn yn parhau, fodd bynnag, i ganolbwyntio ar gyrhaeddiad ac i helpu ysgolion ac awdurdodau lleol i werthuso eu perfformiad ar hyd y daith yma.
> 
> “Rwyf am sicrhau bod mesurau perfformiad Cyfnod Allweddol 4 yn briodol ar gyfer ein cwricwlwm diwygiedig ac, yn bwysicaf oll, eu bod yn effeithiol i wireddu ein nod o wella canlyniadau a deilliannau i’n disgyblion. Mae athrawon ac eraill yn ein system ysgolion wedi datgan eu barn ac rydw i wedi gwrando a chymryd camau i ymateb i’w pryderon.”







Translation:


 
The new Capped Points Score system (Capped 9\) focuses on Year 11 pupil’s results from nine of the qualifications available in Wales. These are used to measure the performance of a school’s Key Stage 4 (GCSE and vocational equivalent) performance.

Teachers and others involved in the education sector have raised concerns with the Welsh Government that some of the changes to performance indicators resulting from the Review of Qualifications are having unintended consequences, including limiting the curriculum choices of pupils and giving a too narrow view of a school’s performance.

Kirsty Williams said:


> “In 2014 my predecessor announced a series of changes to Key Stage 4 school performance measures resulting from the Review of Qualifications, including the introduction of a revised Capped Points Score.
> 
> “Since then we have begun work on a new curriculum for Wales and want to ensure that the recommendations from the Review are aligned with our current direction of travel.
> 
> “As these changes are being introduced, schools and the teaching profession have noted there has been unintended consequences, one of which is limiting what subjects pupils can choose to study, something none of us wants. They have also warned that it gives too narrow a view of a school’s performance.
> 
> “After listening to these concerns I have decided that we will no longer focus on the revised Capped Points Score as the headline indicator for school performance from 2017\.
> 
> “Instead, it will be used as part of the whole range of measures that can be considered when evaluating the performance of pupils studying at Key Stage 4, but keeping a focus on attainment and helping schools and local authorities to evaluate their performance along this journey.
> 
> “I want to make sure Key Stage 4 performance measures are appropriate for our reformed curriculum and most importantly are effective in our aim of improving the results and outcomes for our pupils. Teachers and those in our schooling system have spoken, and I have listened and taken action in response to their concerns.”