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Published on: 31/05/2016 05:16 AMReported by: roving-eye
While primary school Southport children sat their tests last week, the row about primary assessment continues.
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Last week the MP threw back at the Schools minister the words of Adrian Antell, Headmaster of Farnborough Road. This was during a statement in which ministers sought to explain leaks and confusion surrounding the tests.
Commenting afterwards the MP said: “The government either does not get it or isn’t prepared to listen. Parents obviously want their children’s progress monitored but they don’t want their confidence shattered by inappropriate and badly organised assessment that has more to do with trying to catch schools out than encouraging real progress.”
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Originally Posted by
roving-eye
While primary school Southport children sat their tests last week, the row about primary assessment continues.
key_student_test.jpg
Last week the MP threw back at the Schools minister the words of Adrian Antell, Headmaster of Farnborough Road. This was during a statement in which ministers sought to explain leaks and confusion surrounding the tests.
Commenting afterwards the MP said: “The government either does not get it or isn’t prepared to listen. Parents obviously want their children’s progress monitored but they don’t want their confidence shattered by inappropriate and badly organised assessment that has more to do with trying to catch schools out than encouraging real progress.”
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Had the author been at the Cherry Brandie as they've missed the name of the MP that they wanted to laud? The link is also broken, think they mean:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Common...16051028000098
In terms of the tests, it's a fine balance of getting used to tests so they aren't something that becomes a stress in later life but at the same time not too much pressure that people are turned off learning. Our politicians do tend to think they know better than the experts and although fair play for our MP quoting someone in the area who knows what they're doing he starts with a typical popularist mud sling rather than ask what they're doing to fix the severe inadequacies in implementing it.
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