Proceeding contribution from Ed Balls (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. It occurred during Ministerial statement on National Curriculum Tests.
National Curriculum Tests
I answered that question a moment ago. We have looked carefully at these matters, and our view is that it is important to have externally marked, rather than moderated tests, once during a child's time in school in order to give parents a degree of certainty about the results. There is an important role for teacher moderation, but the fact that we have externally marked exams at the ages of 11 and 16 is important and it would be a backward step to drop them.
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- 2007-08
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Children Assessments Curriculum Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Pupils National curriculum tests Standards Schools Testing ETS Europe
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