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Stop toxic testing
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Apr 14, 2022
Testing pays off twice!
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Mar 23, 2022
Are Scottish students the world's 'most over-examined'?
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Scotland
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Nov 18, 2021
Head teachers warn against the return of national tests for 14-year-olds
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Oct 2, 2021
Scottish pupils could face 'treadmill' of tests in exam plan
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Aug 19, 2021
Should Sats tests return - or be abandoned forever?
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Jul 22, 2021
Scrapping tests was bad for students, says Ofsted chief
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Amanda Spielman
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Jun 15, 2021
GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Don't 'test, test, test', teachers told
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Ofqual
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May 7, 2021
Teachers call for GCSEs and A-level exams to be replaced with 'more flexible' assessments to end 'toxic testing' in schools
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Apr 7, 2021
NEU sets out measures to stop toxic testing
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Apr 7, 2021
Teachers to devise alternative to 'toxic' Sats
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Apr 7, 2021
High-stakes testing vs. anxiety and metacognition
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Mar 30, 2021
Let's scrap SATs and focus on beating childhood obesity instead
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Mar 25, 2021
Increase testing as GCSEs fallback, suggests exam board
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Mar 24, 2021
Testing of primary school pupils promotes culture of division
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Mar 15, 2021
Teachers fear mass Covid testing of pupils in UK schools will be nightmare
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Feb 20, 2021
Covid tests on children for school would be ‘fraught with difficulty’, union says
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Feb 20, 2021
Calls for unified approach to student testing after Christmas
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Nov 28, 2020
Dear Gavin Williamson, claw back some respect by pausing Sats, league tables and Ofsted | Michael Rosen
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Oct 27, 2020
Outrage as teacher pleas to scrap phonics test ignored
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Sep 11, 2020
Schools break into emergency Covid test supplies amid delays
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Sep 11, 2020
Plans to get children back to the classroom are being 'derailed' by lack of tests, headteachers warn
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Sep 10, 2020
School reopening is being undermined by Covid test delays
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Sep 10, 2020
Exeter University to offer Covid tests to students
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Sep 10, 2020
Minister’s failed promises on testing ‘undermining’ school returns as thousands face delays
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Sep 10, 2020
Elite universities reveal Covid testing plans
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Sep 10, 2020
Fury as Covid tests chaos keeps thousands out of school
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Sep 10, 2020
Regular teacher tests prioritised under 'Moonshot' plan
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Sep 10, 2020
Cambridge University to test students every week even if they show no symptoms
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Cambridge University
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Sep 9, 2020
Cambridge University to offer weekly Covid tests to students
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Sep 9, 2020
Labour calls for ‘urgent’ action on UK campus coronavirus testing
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Sep 9, 2020
Whole year group tests 'not appropriate', says Hancock
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Sep 9, 2020
Covid testing an 'absolute shambles' for schools
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Sep 9, 2020
School reopenings ‘derailed’ as test and trace system ‘falls over’
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Sep 8, 2020
Teachers miss lessons through lack of Covid-19 tests
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Sep 8, 2020
Teachers say 'unfit' Covid testing is hitting school reopenings
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Sep 8, 2020
What happens if a student tests positive for Covid-19?
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Sep 8, 2020
Coronavirus: What to do if a student tests positive
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Sep 7, 2020
Lack of Covid tests 'undermines school opening efforts'
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Sep 7, 2020
College leaders called on to help prevent unnecessary surge in coronavirus testing
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Sep 3, 2020
School leaders called on to help prevent unnecessary surge in coronavirus testing
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Sep 3, 2020
Growing calls for 'rapid' Covid-19 testing in schools
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Sep 1, 2020
Coronavirus in Scotland: Runny nose not a reason to get child tested, parents told
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Sep 1, 2020
Union seeks regular Covid testing for staff in schools
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Aug 25, 2020
Make Covid-19 tests compulsory for students, say scientists
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Aug 21, 2020
Our exam obsession is a blight on society | James Marriott
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Aug 20, 2020
School staff to receive Covid-19 testing ‘on demand’
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Aug 12, 2020
John Swinney: teachers to get Covid tests 'on demand'
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Aug 12, 2020
Representational pictures or decorative pictures for testing students?
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Aug 4, 2020
Five reasons to use adaptive tests
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Jul 17, 2020
Cancel 11-plus like GCSEs and Sats, say campaigners
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Jul 9, 2020
Why we must scrap next year's SATs – and stop piling pressure on children who have suffered enough
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Jul 7, 2020
Testing… testing…
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Jul 6, 2020
DfE: college students eligible for Covid-19 test
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May 13, 2020
Teachers and pupils will get coronavirus tests if they develop symptoms, Education Secretary says
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May 13, 2020
Teachers and pupils will be able to get coronavirus tests when schools return if they show symptoms, Gavin Williamson says
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May 13, 2020
Pupils and teachers will have access to Covid-19 tests, says Education Secretary
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May 13, 2020
Priority testing to be extended to all pupils in school
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May 13, 2020
Coronavirus: 'Prioritise teachers for PPE and testing'
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Apr 1, 2020
Why we still need tests, even in the time of coronavirus
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Mar 26, 2020
Coronavirus: Heads call for tests so pupils carry on studying after school shutdown
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Mar 20, 2020
The impact of testing on teacher retention
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Mar 17, 2020
Low stakes testing: Key principles for the classroom
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Mar 16, 2020
'Too many tests for no good reason': what do parents really think about primary assessment?
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Jan 30, 2020
Testing takes the wonder out of reading
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Reading
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Jan 22, 2020
Testing 'has made teaching a misaligned profession'
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Nov 26, 2019
Rethinking testing
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May 15, 2019
'Severe' testing and exams accused of fuelling mental health crisis
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May 5, 2019
Is our obsession with testing ruining education?
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Ofsted framework
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Apr 23, 2019
Do we test children too much?
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Apr 17, 2019
Testing is damaging our mental health, pupils tell Ofsted
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Ofsted
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Apr 5, 2019
Getting the most out of revision by using the testing effect
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Apr 2, 2019
Is testing good for education?
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Testing
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Feb 18, 2019
Testing, testing: the 123's of testing
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Jan 15, 2019
English primary schoolchildren face times tables tests
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Primary
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Nov 13, 2018
Seven principles for a fair and relevant assessment system
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Nov 13, 2018
Testing times: how can we build a system that will assess what we value?
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Nov 13, 2018
Testing is at the heart of education's problems
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NEU
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Sep 24, 2018
Scotland: Testing time for first minister (not to mention five-year-olds) | Alex Massie
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Sep 14, 2018
How does testing affect related, untested content?
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Sep 12, 2018
John Swinney apologises for ‘misleading’ letter on P1 testing
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Sep 5, 2018
Alex Beard: All primary school testing should be scrapped
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Aug 15, 2018
Daisy Christodoulou: how much testing is too much?
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Jul 3, 2018
Testing children gives a poor measure of ability
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Jun 19, 2018
Testing of Scottish five-year-olds 'should be scrapped'
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Apr 21, 2018
Government's planned test for four-year-olds will be 'damaging', education experts warn
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Feb 28, 2018
Are we over-testing our students?
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Feb 26, 2018
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