Some exam stress is good for you, a leading education expert has warned as he responded to plans to phase out high-stakes secondary school testing in Scotland.
Lindsay Paterson, emeritus professor of education policy at Edinburgh University, notes in a scathing article about the reform of teenage qualifications that high achievers such as the violinist Nicola Benedetti would not have succeeded without overcoming stressful situations.
Professor Louise Hayward of the University of Glasgow has been tasked by the Scottish government with examining the future of assessment in secondary schools. Her interim report last week recommended a “significant reduction” in school exams.
