Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education from The National College on Vimeo. Read the speech here Key Stage 2 SATS will continue to give a robust and consistent source of information for parents at a crucial transition point for their child as they move on to secondary school. Hmm Sounds just like Mr Balls. [...]
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Sats replacement system ‘even more stressful for pupils’ Single level tests have produced wildly unpredictable results according to two secret reports on the pilots Warwick Mansell & Polly Curtis in the Guardian. “Some extraordinary results emerged in the pilots, with secondary pupils consistently scoring significantly worse than primary pupils who were up to five years [...] Tests blamed for blighting children’s lives Landmark study of primary schools calls for teachers to be freed of targets Polly Curtis in the Guardian 20/02/2009 69 Comments as of 24/02/09 The Cambridge Primary Review published to day is available from their website in two parts (Part 1 & Part 2) there is also a briefing [...] Extraordinary announcements today. The one flaw seems to be SATs – any discussion of these was outside the remit of the review. SATs – “the elephant in the room” and of course it is the tests themselves. Sir Jim Rose’s Interim report into the Primary Curriculum advocates ‘areas of learning’ rather than the traditional subject [...] MAJOR REFORMS TO SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY INCLUDING AN END TO COMPULSORY NATIONAL TESTS FOR FOURTEEN YEAR OLDS. But Ed Balls said that externally marked Key Stage 2 tests were critically important and would continue as the key source of information for parents and the public about standards in primary schools. ‘Key Stage 2 tests are a [...] Sats blight children’s memories of school. by Mark Gould in the Guardian. This echoes the Panorama programme from earlier this year. Do you remember the Sats monster? Sats put primary pupils off science, says study. by Jessica Shepherd in ‘The Guardian’ National testing distorts science teaching in Primary Schools from the Wellcome Trust Download report here. Panorama had Sats under inspection last night. Everyone, but the English Government has given them up as bad job. How much longer??? If you didn’t watch it you missed some fascinating animation using ICT that showed how the children felt about SATS. Well worth watching. Watch the SATS Monster here. One of the more worrying [...] The new ondemand Sats. The results don’t quite match the expectations. ‘Testing when ready’ trial results under scrutiny | News crumb | EducationGuardian.co.uk via kwout |
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