Ofsted have recently dropped the category that used to look at exam results; they plan to focus instead on "quality of education". The crisis in recruitment and retention of teachers will not be solved by this change, nor will our children be much better off.
In a system where standardised testing remains the focus of almost everything, children are converted into numbers. The test-based system creates demoralised teachers and children who decide they are good at this, rubbish at that, from the age of 6 (when SATS begin).
We should encourage our children to discover and think for themselves. Testing does little to encourage thought. It is now time to abandon SATS! disneyatemydaughter.com/2018/10/13/i-am-dealing-with-people-and-not-with-things/
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disneyatemydaughter · 13/10/2018 21:00
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