How much support goes a TA give in sats?

[jinglymum]

We are currently battling with the council over secondary provision for my brother we believe specialist education would be prefer for him, council disagree. He is due to take his sats in the coming months, He has told us his TA reads the question and then explains what he has to do and helps him to do it, surely this is too much support? Should she be only reading the question to him and letting him get on with the rest himself? Also would it be possible for one of the family to sit in whilst he takes his sats, to ensure this isn't the case?

Thanks for any help

jinglymum,
I don't know the rules for SATs administration but I agree with your concerns. If the tests measure anything, it should be what children can do, not what their TAs can do. SATs, though, are not standardised assessment measures, they're political tools to measure a group's levels. If you want a precise/individual assessment, you need something with psychometric validity and individual administration.