5/13/2008 6:51:00 AM
The Times 13 May
School standards should be monitored by the random testing of a sample of pupils, MPs demand today. In a powerful attack on the system of national curriculum testing in schools, the Children Schools and Families Select Committee said that the current arrangements encouraged a narrow curriculum that turned students off learning and increased their anxiety. The damning report comes as 1.2 million 11 and 14-year-olds across England take their national curriculum tests in maths, English and science. The MPs say that drilling children to focus on “test tactics” leads to shallow learning and short-term retention of knowledge, and denies pupils a rounded education, leaving them unprepared for university and employment. Times
Curriculum / Quality Assurance
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