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... [read full story]                    

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Poor results force government rethink on progress tests

guardian.co.uk     May 9, 2008          

Pilot project that let pupils sit exams when 'ready' backfires ... New national level tests for primary and secondary pupils are to be changed after only one in ten passed one exam. Schools involved in the pilot to test children "when ready", as decided by their...                    

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Ministers admit pupils should sit new tests 'when they're ready 'after 90% fail pilot exams

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....                    

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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....                    

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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....                    

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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...                    

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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...                    

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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...                    

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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...                    

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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...                    

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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...                    

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