We,as teachers, educators, or parents and grandparents,are writing out of enormous concern for the deteriorating experience of children in England’s primary schools – and the part played by assessment models in this distressing process.
A year ago over 80 of us signed a letter to the Guardian saying why we opposed the baseline assessment for four-year-olds. We welcome the decision to withdraw that, in the light of experience, and note that the proposed key stage 1 grammar has recently been cancelled due to errors in administration.
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Source: theguardian.com