Trainee teachers need literary tests

[cdtaylornats]

www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/trainee-teachers-need-literacy-test-7kz8fschn

Anyone think perhaps political candidates need literacy & numeracy tests?

It would have spared us the horror that is Donald Trump.

How would teacher trainees taking more tests have saved us from trump?

They already do in England.

Ironic that you have used the wird literary in your title rather than literacy

Lol word not wird!!!

This thread is perfectly designed for everybody to come on and make snide remarks about other people's grammar or spelling, whilst getting something wrong themselves.

Desperately tries to check own post! :)

I think Trump needed a Cognitive Assessment. Aside from his apparent personality disorder, I am beginning to wonder whether he has early signs of dementia

We've had them for years in England. I don't see a problem with it.

We've had them for years in England. I don't see a problem with it.

Don't you think it would best be done before accepting someone for teacher training. It seems somewhat wasteful of resources to train someone who has problems with literacy/numeracy to the extent they are unemployable.

I'm sure that it is a prerequisite of any teacher training course now to pass the numeracy and literacy tests before starting training. A lot of candidates pass the tests before interview.

If they're getting to the end of their training with levels of literacy and numeracy that make them unemployable, the initial test is too easy.

Don't you think it would best be done before accepting someone for teacher training? .

it is in England.

Has been the case for three years now that you have to pass a numeracy and literacy test before starting any teacher training.

Take it from me, it definitely takes some studying and preparation!

I really do think it is a good idea for all teachers, even if it was stressful. Helped top up my subject knowledge before I started teaching.

I did this four years ago - was a pre-requisite for teacher training.
There was nothing unreasonable on it. I find it depressing when I see teachers on here and elsewhere that, for example, write 'loosing' instead of 'losing'. Presumably they qualified in the days before literacy was a requirement, and I feel sorry for the kids they are teaching.
On another forum, a teacher has started a petition to send to the DoE because her local schools are 'Loosing [sic] funding due to government cuts'. That'll work.

The requirements to do the degree or pgde already include maths and English qualifications.