The Daily Mail (Thurs 22nd March) reports that national key stage tests should be scrapped. The Government’s exam watchdog, Dr Ken Boston, said that only a sample group of pupils need take the exams – perhaps as few as 3 per cent – to give a picture of national standards. He also suggests that pupils’ progress should be measured by less rigid assessments in English, maths and science which would be marked internally by teachers. These tests, which could be taken online, would be taken when the children are ready, rather than at fixed points during their school careers.
Dr Boston also proposes that school league tables should be abolished.
We live in hope…
