That's it really - I am looking through the information sent by ds's soon to be secondary school and they say CATs are a better indication of the child's ability and SATS are just an indication at a given point in time. He sits CATs when he goes to visit his secondary school in July.
He did practice papers over easter; he felt very unmotivated and I bit my tongue - just told him the school need to show how everybody is doing.
He is also going in at 8pm for 'booster' maths sessions until May. He doesn't seem to mind that as it means he can have a break from his younger sister! I would like to think it would help him generally with maths but it is teaching to pass a test.
I am hoping these pointless tests will be scrapped by the time dd starts year 6 as the stress and tension in school and also at home caused is a complete pain. I am hoping all this useless cracking the whip will not put him off education as he's questioning why they have to go through 5 years of test papers "why can't we just do the test?"
I am sure some children would sail through them without feeling stressed but not my ds.
Right, rant over. Can anybody see any value in SATS?
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Year 6 SATS - pointless apart from league tables?
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