Posts on ‘December 16th, 2008’

Rachael Brown: US schoolchildren still trail other countries in science and maths, but fixating on test scores ignores the progress made

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Head teachers, reacting to the report into this summer’s Sats test problems, say their early warnings were ignored.
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The exam watchdog today abolished its agency responsible for school tests and suspended its chief executive after a damning report into the collapse of this summer’s tests for 11- and 14-year-olds.
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood, the former chief inspector of schools, judged the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority – the exam watchdog – responsible for “massive failures” [...]

Peter Mortimore on the problems still left unaddressed by the Sats inquiry

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The inquiry into the chaos surrounding this summer’s Sats tests blames the exam watchdog and private contractor.
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A damning inquiry into this summer’s Sats fiasco today highlighted startling failures by the schools testing agency and its contractor.

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In a statement responding to Lord Sutherland’s independent inquiry, Ed Balls … (2008/0291)
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The exam watchdog today abolished the National Assessment Agency, responsible for school tests, and suspended its chief executive David Gee after a damning report into the collapse of this summer’s Sats.
The government’s exams body, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), failed to deliver on this summer’s Sats tests for 11- and 14-year olds in England [...]

The approach to the restraint of young people in young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes (under-18 secure estates) is to be overhauled, the Government announced today. (2008/0289)
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More heads could roll as a result of a report to be published tomorrow into the chaos surrounding this year’s national curriculum tests for 11 and 14-year-olds, it was predicted last night.

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