This professional learning resource provides both an overview and further detail on children and young people’s strengths and areas for improvement in numeracy within measurement, and fractions, decimal fractions and percentages (including ratio and proportion). 
It also provides guidance and advice to help inform leaning and teaching practice in line with the SSLN survey’s main objectives.
You can download the PDF entitled SSLN 2011 for all the following information from the Education Scotland website – Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy resource
The findings set out within this resource are based on an in-depth analysis of children and young people’s responses to tasks in the SSLN survey Section 1.
For each area of numeracy covered, survey-type questions are provided for illustrative purposes. This analysis provides all practitioners with an opportunity to reflect on, and explore planning for effective learning and teaching as set out in Section 2.
Explore aspects of performance at the following levels:
First level P4 – Measurement – Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages
Second level P7 – Measurement – Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages
Third level S2 – Measurement – Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages
Section 3 includes guidance and advice to support the delivery of ideas of chance and uncertainty.
Links to sections in the resource
Overview of strengths and areas for improvement in:
* Measurement and
* Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages (including ratio and proportion).
Online learning and teaching resources
Additional resources are available for fractions, decimal fractions and percentages, measurement, and ideas of chance and uncertainty are available at:
* First Level P4
* Second Level P7
* Third Level S2
You can find out more about SSLN on the Education Scotland website.
