Pupils are 'being harmed by test overload', MPs warn
                   
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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... [read full story]                

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