Key Stage 2 Science - press release
Commenting on today’s release of sampling tests results for Key Stage 2 Science, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said;
"There is a tell tale clue within the Department of Education's press release which says it all. It admits that Key Stage 2 tests are about school accountability and not about assessing children's progress. The sample tests do just that. The introduction of National Curriculum Science in primary schools has been one of the great success stories of recent years.
"It is a success which is likely to be overshadowed in future by the obsessive focus on continuing to use English and Mathematics test results when judging schools.
"All in all, the sample tests point the way forward and I urge the Secretary of State to conduct his review of National Curriculum assessment with a view to putting the sampling system in place for both English and Mathematics."
"There is a tell tale clue within the Department of Education's press release which says it all. It admits that Key Stage 2 tests are about school accountability and not about assessing children's progress. The sample tests do just that. The introduction of National Curriculum Science in primary schools has been one of the great success stories of recent years.
"It is a success which is likely to be overshadowed in future by the obsessive focus on continuing to use English and Mathematics test results when judging schools.
"All in all, the sample tests point the way forward and I urge the Secretary of State to conduct his review of National Curriculum assessment with a view to putting the sampling system in place for both English and Mathematics."
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