According to the BBC Head teachers are reporting “widespread problems” with the quality of marking in the delayed Sats test results being returned to schools in England.
“The row is only beginning,” says Mick Brookes, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers. Mr Brookes is urging heads to give parents the assessments of teachers, as well as any disputed test results. The National Assessment Agency has given assurances that the marking will be as good as last year’s. The NAHT head teachers’ union says that schools are reporting concerns about the reliability of the marking in scripts being returned.
This comes a day after a former Ofsted chief, Lord Sutherland, was selected to head an inquiry into the embarrassing failure to deliver this year’s Sats tests results on time.
