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This week in primary schools all over England children aged 11 are sitting down to do their Standard Assessment 'SATs' tests.
But do the exams - as the Government claims - help to drive up standards?
Or are they narrowing the curriculum and creating a culture of "teaching to the test" - spoiling schools, and the education they can offer children?
Log on to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/to get more details on this report.
And have your say here... what do YOU think about SATs?
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As a Year 6 teacher in the middle of SATs week I find myself apologising to my class frequently - after all what do the SATs mean to them in 'real' terms - they will never appear on their CV, they won't help them to secure a place at university so why should they care? bother? or get stressed?
maybe it's because their parents offer them rewards if they do well???
maybe its because the system forces them into that corner?
let the children have their childhood & let the government trust teacher assessment, or is that just far too radical?
Parents would surely get a better sense of the achievements of their child if they sat down and had a quality half hour session with the class teacher at some point during the school year rather than waiting for the brown envelope to arrive (& don;t we all learn to love the brown envelopes as we get older!!)
Would you like to see England follow Wales and abolish SATs altogether?
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