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Benedetti attacks test culture in schools
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'No evidence more testing drives pupil anxiety,' says Pisa boss
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599 primary schools investigated for cheating
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Share test results with parents, says government in Scotland
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‘Tides are turning against teaching to the test’
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Testing children gives a poor measure of ability | Letters
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US study examines differences between computer tests and paper-based tests
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John Swinney to look again at Primary One school testing regime
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Sats pressure in primaries is too much, say parents
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Testing P1 pupils causes “stress and anxiety”
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Scrap 'cruel' testing of five-year-olds, say Scottish campaigners
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Pupils must sit Sats, headteachers are told
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Union leader says ministers 'bear responsibility' for children's mental health problems
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Key stage 2: science sampling tests 2018
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Tests and narrow curriculum behind 'explosion' in mental ill health, says union
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The bill for Scotland's national tests is set to hit £4.6m
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Do the maths: Cost of new times-tables tests to top £5.2m
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  • Mar 16, 2018
Secretary of State makes a commitment to stability: no new tests, no curriculum changes, no qualification reform in this Parliament
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  • Mar 14, 2018
Times-tables are important, but the government’s latest test is a complete waste of time for schools
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What teachers tapped this week #21 - 19th February 2018
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Times-tables are important, but the government’s latest test is a complete waste of time for schools
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  • Feb 19, 2018
I’ve never known my times tables. Frankly, who needs them? | Peter Bradshaw
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Times tables tests can add to the cure for Britain’s maths phobia
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Multiplication tables check trials to begin in schools
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Times tables tests to be trialled in primary schools
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  • Feb 14, 2018
Minister Nick Gibb refuses to answer times table question on TV
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Schools minister Nick Gibb refuses to answer 'what is 8 x 9?' on TV
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Daily roundup 14 February: Times tables, tax-free childcare, and Barry Bennell
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National tests and focus on disadvantaged 'could be bad for special needs pupils'
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Schools minister Nick Gibb refuses to answer maths question on TV as he launches times tables tests
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Times-tables tests: What do schools need to know?
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The new times-tables tests will get no love from teachers
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Schools minister refuses to take his own times tables check (video)
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  • Feb 14, 2018
Minister Nick Gibb refuses to answer times tables questions on Good Morning Britain and Sky as he launches new times tables policy
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  • Feb 14, 2018
Year 4 pupils in England to be tested on times tables
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  • Feb 14, 2018
Ministers to bring back compulsory times table tests for primary school children
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  • Feb 14, 2018
If the UK is to produce world class mathematicians, we must start with the basics
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  • Feb 14, 2018
Government trials times table checks for primary schools ahead of full roll-out
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Times table check trialled ahead of rollout
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  • Feb 14, 2018
Times-tables tests for 8 and 9-year-olds to start at 290 primary schools next month
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  • Feb 14, 2018
Government trials times tables test for eight-year-olds despite opposition from teacher unions and parents
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School trials of times tables check to begin in March
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Times table tests to be trialled in primary schools in March
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Times tables tests return for pupils, 8
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Children will sit mandatory times tables tests in Year 4, Nick Gibb announces
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  • Feb 14, 2018
National Numeracy responds to Government times table trials
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NEU comment on times tables trial
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Multiplication test preparation continues
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Only 1 in 4 pupils meets expected standard in science tests
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  • Sep 30, 2017
Teachers threaten councils with boycott over 'blanket' testing plans
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  • Sep 22, 2017
Scholars want data from tests on five-year-olds
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ATL comment on Education Endowment Foundation report on different teaching and learning strategies
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English schools to join pilot of PISA tests for 5 year olds
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Sats: Anxious wait for test results in reading, writing and maths
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‘Data monster’ warning over new standardised school testing plan
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Teachers warn Swinney against releasing test results ‘data monster’
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Technical and creative subjects suffering in majority of schools
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  • May 24, 2017
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  • May 22, 2017
NUT Cymru react to new testing approach
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Sats tests endangering children's learning and mental health, MPs warn
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Children's education at risk over 'high-stakes' testing, MPs warn
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  • May 1, 2017
Exams should not be given such 'high stakes' because they damage wellbeing
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More primary school children suffering stress from Sats, survey finds
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  • May 1, 2017
Primary pupils ‘turned off reading by complex tests’
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High-stakes Sats 'harming pupil wellbeing and learning'
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Education committee right to call for an end to ‘high stakes’ assessment, says NAHT
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Heads warn test and exam results 'can be manipulated by politicians'
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  • Apr 29, 2017
Heads could "explore all options for action" over assessment and accountability
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One in 10 Kent children fails 11-plus but achieves high Sats results, analysis shows
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  • Apr 27, 2017
Daily roundup 19 April: Football abuse, bullying and primary testing
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Teachers could boycott key primary school tests amid concerns over pupil pressure
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Primary test could face new boycott
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  • Apr 17, 2017
'Sats make children feel like failures'
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  • Apr 16, 2017
Teachers threaten to boycott primary school tests
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Teachers back moves towards primary Sats boycott
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  • Apr 16, 2017
Sats boycott moves closer after NUT motion calls for ballots
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  • Apr 16, 2017
NUT delegates denounce Sats, as union paves way for boycott
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Vote on boycott of primary tests postponed
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Testing times – what it’s like to sit an exam as an autistic child
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  • Mar 30, 2017
Government proposes scrapping tests for 7-year-olds
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  • Mar 30, 2017
EYFS Profile and new Reception baseline included in primary assessment consultation
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  • Mar 30, 2017
Ministers pave way to scrap Sats tests for seven-year-olds
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  • Mar 30, 2017
Government consults on rehash of failed baseline assessment proposals
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Test fewer pupils on more subjects: campaigners offer alternative primary assessment plan
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  • Mar 29, 2017
2017 National Reference Test successfully completed
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  • Mar 22, 2017
Pupils face ‘twice a year’ testing
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  • Mar 4, 2017
Northern Ireland 'single transfer test'
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  • Feb 27, 2017
Ofqual's National Reference Test
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  • Feb 24, 2017
Pupils of 11 to sit specific times tables tests for the first time next year as part of their Key Stage Two exams
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  • Feb 23, 2017
Primary school pupils to sit times tables test from next year
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  • Feb 22, 2017
Primary school pupils to be checked on times tables before entering secondary school
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  • Feb 22, 2017
The return of the times tables tests: primary school pupils to sit exams by 2019 - but how well do you know yours?
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  • Feb 22, 2017
New tests for five-year-olds could be introduced
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School league tables out after test 'chaos'
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Primary test leak report warns of future errors
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