Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 12 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 28 members in total.

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SINGLE LEVEL TESTING

That this House notes not only the practical debacle over SATS testing but also the negative effects on children; welcomes the scrapping of compulsory Key Stage 3 SATS tests; believes that the Government's proposals for single level testing will not solve the problem of over-testing; remains of the view that assessment is still necessary and important; further notes the recent petition on testing reform; and believes that there is a need to scale back further the cost and complexity of national testing, with more moderated teachers' assessment at age 11 years and more time for a richer and broader curriculum.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

799 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

David Laws

Peter Bottomley

Lord Foster of Bath

Bob Spink

David Howarth

Subjects

Schools

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk