SNP warned school tests 'leave pupils confused and anxious'
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  • Jan 28, 2022
Scotland: Call to end P1 SNSAs and divert money to school ventilation
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  • Jan 22, 2022
Scotland: Increased standardised testing spend 'incomprehensible'
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  • Jan 18, 2022
Scottish standardised tests to cost £17m over 5 years
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  • Jan 17, 2022
What the figures say: Scottish standardised assessment uptake
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  • Jan 10, 2022
Scottish Government 'following in footsteps of Margaret Thatcher' in defence of standardised assessments
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Scotland: National primary tests will continue
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  • Oct 7, 2021
OECD experts pile pressure on Education Secretary over standardised tests
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  • Sep 8, 2021
Scotland: Standardised tests defended despite OECD criticism
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  • Sep 7, 2021
Scotland: SNP and Greens ‘have U-turned on pledge to scrap primary pupil tests’
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  • Sep 7, 2021
P1 testing must focus on development, not the three Rs
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  • Jul 3, 2021
Tories accuse education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville of ‘flip-flopping’ on school tests
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  • Jun 28, 2021
Standardised tests for primary pupils in Scotland could be abolished
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  • Jun 27, 2021
Exams can’t be moved online in the ‘immediate future’, concludes Ofqual study
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  • Dec 14, 2020
Special school pupils ‘treated differently’, following the removal of standardised assessments
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  • Feb 24, 2020
Councils continue to flout government guidance on tests
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  • Feb 10, 2020
More Than A Score assessment survey
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  • Jan 23, 2020
Majority of parents concerned about primary school testing
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  • Jan 23, 2020
Parents 'more concerned about pupil happiness than test results'
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  • Jan 23, 2020
Standardised Tests 101 – how and why tests are standardised
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Scottish rollout of standardised tests ‘almost unique’
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  • Nov 19, 2019
Do we need standardised tests to evaluate learning in higher education?
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  • Apr 3, 2019
John Swinney: Improving Scottish education is my mantra
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  • Feb 20, 2019
Scotland’s standardised testing regime is a myth
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  • Feb 6, 2019
Scotland: Standardised tests waste of time for teachers, MSPs told
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  • Feb 6, 2019
Closing the gap? Scotland lacks the data to know
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  • Jan 23, 2019
Do financial incentives crowd out intrinsic motivation to perform on standardised tests?
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  • Jan 16, 2019
Scottish teachers state opposition to standardised pupil testing
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  • Jan 4, 2019
Scotland: Council scraps controversial tests for five-year-olds
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  • Dec 13, 2018
Standardised scores 101 – Understanding how standardised scores are calculated
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  • Nov 19, 2018
Scotland: Holyrood committee launches inquiry into national testing in schools
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  • Nov 15, 2018
Why hasn’t education changed in two centuries? (podcast)
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  • Oct 13, 2018
Scotland: Rip up these school reforms and start again | Alex Massie
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  • Sep 18, 2018
Standardised assessments ‘help teachers avoid mistakes’ says expert
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  • Sep 17, 2018
John Swinney must try harder
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  • Aug 18, 2018
Teachers and parents sound off to Swinney on education policy
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  • Aug 17, 2018
National campaign urges parents to withdraw children from controversial P1 tests
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  • Aug 15, 2018
Analysis: John Swinney between a rock and a hard place on P1 testing
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  • Aug 15, 2018
Debate over Scotland's schools enters new term
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  • Aug 15, 2018
Suspend school assessments and reboot standards, Labour demands
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  • Aug 10, 2018
Scotland: Standardised test ‘worst of all worlds’
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  • Aug 8, 2018
Rethinking standardised test scores
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  • Jun 18, 2018
Five-year-olds ‘in tears’ over assessments
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  • May 25, 2018
Leader comment: Testing P1 pupils must be stopped if it is ‘abuse’
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  • May 24, 2018
Scotland: Tests for five-year-olds will change, as many struggle
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  • May 24, 2018
What can short standardised tests tell us about the attainment and progress of individual pupils and of schools?
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  • May 23, 2018