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Sats 'set to be scrapped next year'

Sep 7, 2008
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Next year's Sats tests could be the last, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has signalled. Mr Balls said that the system of national tests taken by around one million children aged seven, 11 and 14 across England each May was "not set in stone" and may be replaced by assessments tailored to each child's ability level. He acknowledged that the marking of this year's Sats was a "fiasco", after private contractors ETS... [read full story]                    

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'Hard questions' over Sats fiasco

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