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English schools still failing

Figures that will not help Prime Minister Brown's re-election prospects show that more English primary schools are failing to get children to the expected levels in the core subjects of Maths, English and Science....

created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Labour education U-turn scraps Sats tests for 14-year-olds

Twelve years after it was instituted, the stage three tests in the UK for 14-year-olds has been scrapped. It's a U-turn for Labour, which has supported the reforms, instituted by the Tories in the early '90s, for many years. The tests were a crucial part in determining a...

created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Paul Conneally

UK scraps SATs for 14-year-olds

After the diasaster that marred the SAT process earlier this year with some SAT papers still not marked and returned to schools Education Secretary Ed Balls announced that the British Government has decided to...

created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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wengthye_81

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SAT prep services get into video games

This is a pretty smart idea, combining video games and studying. I think kids and parents will find this welcoming as they turn studying into a game which will boost up SAT scores in my opinion. This could also be...

created by JeffHuang | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Sats results: Thousands fail to hit english, maths and science standards

The bad news keeps rolling in from the SATs results in the UK. The test, which is administered to children around the ages of 10 to 15, was beleaguered with delays in grading this year."Sats results published today revealed 27 per cent of 14-year-olds failed to reach the...

created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Scandal of the SATS: How exam paper littered with grammatical errors scored H...

" A headmistress is demanding her pupils' SATs papers be remarked after an exam paper littered with grammatical mistakes scored higher than a literate, fluently written one. Janis Burdin, head of Moss Side Primary School in Chorley, Lancashire released two examples - by...

created by sweet east pearl | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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icecreamqueen99

School tests are bad, m'kay

English officials will review this week whether standardized tests in school are helping any, or whether they might be doing harm."Ministers will this week be under renewed pressure to scrap school tests for...