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What's this about 7 year old SATS?

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carla · 15/09/2004 09:47

Just heard a snippet from Five Live, but had the hoover on ... they're scrapping them but still need to sit them ???????

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jampot · 15/09/2004 09:51

maybe they don't need to correlate the results which they do atm but dont need to publish them. They're all a pile of cr*p IMHO. Kids have peaks & troughs in learning like everything else.

beachyhead · 15/09/2004 09:52

You can hoover, listen to Five Live and post on Mumsnet - you are a truly talented mum!!!! Don't know about the SATS though!!!

coppertop · 15/09/2004 10:01

I heard something about them being scrapped because they'd realised that a teacher's assessment of a pupil is just as (if not more) accurate than these tests.

spacemonkey · 15/09/2004 10:04

I hope they are scrapped, I'm totally against them.

carla · 15/09/2004 10:20

LOL Beachyhead! Wouldn't have bothered with the hoover if I didn't have a horribly moulting dog - you should see the state of my house Spacemonkey, I hope they're scrapped too, and what really gladdens me is so does dd1's teacher.

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Socci · 15/09/2004 10:26

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Sozie · 15/09/2004 10:47

I heard this on GMTV and thought they said that though they would still be tested for english and maths the teachers assessment for the year would also be taken into account. I could have misheard this. Personally was hoping it would be scrapped altogether.

ks · 15/09/2004 10:57

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Hulababy · 15/09/2004 21:29

BBC article

"Children will still sit the Key Stage 1 national curriculum tests - often known as Sats - in English and maths, but not at a fixed time.

And there will be much more emphasis on work done throughout the year.

The final mark given to pupils will be their class teacher's assessment of how they have done, rather than a test score. "

ladywallopofcod · 15/09/2004 21:36

I was going to opt out anyway

roisin · 15/09/2004 21:37

Thanks for that link Hulababy - sounds like a step in the right direction at least.

DS1 did KS1 SATs last year: He wasn't stressed by the tests at all - quite enjoyed them in fact. But he was very stressed by the fact that because his teacher was busy with small groups of children doing SATs tests, tasks, mocks, bla bla bla the majority of the class were taught by a supply teacher for WEEKS. It is so disruptive, and surely there are better things for a teacher to spend such huge chunks of time on.

carla · 15/09/2004 21:54

Thanks for that Hula! Phew, what on earth were they on about in the first place

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