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Testing times for tests
bloggers4labour.org May 10, 2008
A lot of nonsense is talked about schools tests. And if today's Guardian is to be believed, we are in for a lot more over the coming week. Before we get carried away with it all, let's remember a few facts.First, the only compulsory national tests are those taken at 11 and 14 in English, Maths...
Pupils are 'being harmed by test overload', MPs warn
dailymail.co.uk May 12, 2008
Harmful: Pupils are being harmed by too many tests (file picture) An obsession with testing threatens to damage a generation of schoolchildren, MPs are warning. The MPs will point to concerns that children spend too much time being drilled to pass tests at the expense of...
Crunch-time looms in battle to cut school tests
independent.co.uk May 12, 2008
Calls for the Government to scrap or relax its testing regime for more than a million children a year will reach a decisive point this week. ... A highly critical report calling for more creativity and fun on the school timetable will be published by the Labour-dominated...
Tests hurt children, say MPs
telegraph.co.uk May 10, 2008
An obsession with targets is blighting the education of English children, MPs claim. ... A report on assessment by the all-party children, schools and families committee will condemn the way the results of national exams are used both as political capital and to compare...
Pressure intensifies to cut 'excessive' school tests
guardian.co.uk May 10, 2008
Schools secretary Ed Balls will face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime ... The schools secretary, Ed Balls, will next week face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime with the publication of a parliamentary report arguing that...
Pressure grows to cut school tests
guardian.co.uk May 10, 2008
Schools secretary Ed Balls will face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime ... The schools secretary Ed Balls will next week face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime with the publication of a parliamentary report arguing that...
Pressure intensifies to cut school tests
guardian.co.uk May 10, 2008
Schools secretary Ed Balls will face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime ... The schools secretary Ed Balls will next week face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime with the publication of a parliamentary report arguing that...
Extra test time to raise pass levels
telegraph.co.uk May 10, 2008
Pupils will be given more time to complete new tests after only one in 10 passed in a trial of the examinations, it was disclosed on Friday. ... But on Friday it was revealed that the tests – taken for the first time in December – had proved too difficult for many...
Pupils to get more time to complete SAT tests because 90pc are failing pilot tests
dailymail.co.uk May 9, 2008
Ministers have said pupils will be allowed to take their 'Sats' exams whey they are ready after only 10 per cent of students passed the pilot exams Children are to be given more time to sit revamped Sats after it emerged nine in ten failed one of the trial exams. The...
Pupils to get more time to complete SAT tests because 90% are failing pilot tests
dailymail.co.uk May 9, 2008
Ministers have said students should sit their 'sats' exams when they're ready after only 10 per cent of students passed the pilot exams Pupils will be given more time to complete new school tests after only one in 10 passed in a trial of the exams, it emerged today....
SAT exams to be made longer because 90% of pupils are failing pilot tests
dailymail.co.uk May 9, 2008
Ministers have said students should sit their 'sats' exams when they're ready after only 10 per cent of students passed the pilot exams Pupils will be given more time to complete new school tests after only one in 10 passed in a trial of the exams, it emerged today....