Campaign for new tests.AN ALTERNATIVE to ``crude'' maths and English tests taken by 11 year olds will be launched by primary head teachers and experts this week. They should be replaced with a system that incorporates both so-called``high stakes'' tests and teacher assessment that shows pupils how they could have done better, according to the National Primary Education Alliance (NPEA NPEA National Pony Express Association NPEA Northwest Polygraph Examiners Association ). Parents would also be involved in NPEA's proposed ``school self-evaluation'' scheme. But league tables based on test results would disappear and parents would get a report on their children's school every three years. NPEA, which consists of the National Association for Primary Education (NAPE), theNational Primary Heads Association and the National Primary Trust, said it represented more than half the primary schools in England The schools in England are organised into nine lists, one for each region of England.
It will launch its ``alternative to SATs'' tests on the day the Department for Education and Skills The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007. It was responsible for the education system and children's services in England. On 28 June 2007 the department was split in two by Gordon Brown. publishes national test results for seven year olds for the first time. Wales looks set to abolish tests of 11 year olds,having already got rid of those taken by seven year olds. |
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