I was in the last year but one to have to sit Standard Assessment Tests (AKA SATs) in Year 9. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7994882.stm Now the country's biggest teaching union is backing a boycott of Year 2 and 6 SATs as well. Here's why. Although MPs argue that children don't need the pressure, surely that's the same pressure they're going to have to face at GCSE and A-Level anyway? I call it 'exam practice'. What standard of teaching British children receive at school is largely up to their teachers - not the fact they have an end of year test.
what they need to do is decide on only one exam for children ... none of those SAT and ACT, one is enough.
