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National Curriculum Tests

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

480 c673-87 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

National Curriculum Tests
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Written questions
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Andrew Gwynne | 480 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) Of course, it is not just the transition from primary to secondary school; key stage 3 is absolutely...

Ed Balls | 480 c687 (Link to this contribution) There will be sample tests, and there will continue to be teacher assessment of 14-year-olds. Every ...

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David Leslie Taylor | 480 c680-1 (Link to this contribution) I welcome most aspects of the Secretary of State's announcement today, particularly the school repor...

Ed Balls | 480 c681 (Link to this contribution) We will need to pay particular attention to two particular categories of schools. One is middle scho...

David Laws | 480 c678-9 (Link to this contribution) I start by thanking the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I welcome the Governm...

Ed Balls | 480 c679-80 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman's support for our reforms and proposals. I found his response comprehen...

Lord Gove | 480 c675-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his announcement, and for keeping us up to date throughout the su...

Ed Balls | 480 c677-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's support, although I am somewhat surprised by his remarks. He ...

Ed Balls | 480 c673-5 (Link to this contribution) With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on national curriculum tests—and...

Philip Hollobone | 480 c681 (Link to this contribution) Out of 10, what mark would the Secretary of State give the QCA for its oversight of this year's test...

Tony Wright | 480 c681 (Link to this contribution) May I join in the welcome for my right hon. Friend's statement, particularly for the clarity of prin...

Ed Balls | 480 c681 (Link to this contribution) I am relieved to say that that is not an exam that I set, mark or moderate. Lord Sutherland is takin...

Adam Afriyie | 480 c682 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State spoke about raising standards, yet in the past seven years we have dropped fr...

Ed Balls | 480 c681-2 (Link to this contribution) Our intention is for the school report card to be for every secondary and primary school, and to tak...

Fiona Mactaggart | 480 c682 (Link to this contribution) As probably the only member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee in the country, I warmly...

Ed Balls | 480 c682 (Link to this contribution) In my statement, I cited the results of national tests. I am pleased to say that they are supported ...

Speaker | 480 c683 (Link to this contribution) Order. I gently say to the Secretary of State that I appreciate his full replies, but perhaps they c...

Ed Balls | 480 c682-3 (Link to this contribution) I should put on the record that the expert group that we are establishing, with its terms of referen...

Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 480 c683 (Link to this contribution) When the Secretary of State looks at the curriculum for the politics and government GCSE, he might w...

Judy Mallaber | 480 c683-4 (Link to this contribution) I welcome this statement. My right hon. Friend will be conscious, however, that how a school is desc...

Ed Balls | 480 c683 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to you, Mr. Speaker, for the length of my answers. I very much regret what has happened ...

Speaker | 480 c683 (Link to this contribution) Order.

Ed Balls | 480 c684 (Link to this contribution) I can definitely give that assurance. We will ensure that that focus on pupils who are at risk of fa...

Liz Blackman | 480 c684 (Link to this contribution) Educational success is totally dependent on a child's ability to access the curriculum so I welcome ...

Ed Balls | 480 c684 (Link to this contribution) I answered that question a moment ago. We have looked carefully at these matters, and our view is th...

Ed Balls | 480 c684-5 (Link to this contribution) As our qualifications advisory group recommended earlier in the year, entering the IGCSE would be th...

Rob Wilson | 480 c684 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that we now need much more rigorous examinations? If he does, why ...

Lord Bellingham | 480 c685 (Link to this contribution) We have touched on this issue already, but I seek further clarification. A number of schools in the ...

Ed Balls | 480 c685 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, 99.9 per cent. of primary schools have received their key stage 2 results. I obvious...

Dari Taylor | 480 c685 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the Secretary of State's statement this afternoon, but I have serious concerns. It ...

Ed Balls | 480 c685 (Link to this contribution) Every year, there are tens of thousands of appeals in national tests at key stages 2 and 3. We exten...

Brian Jenkins | 480 c685 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome this afternoon's statement, but what would the Secretary of State say to Mrs. Aliso...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 480 c686 (Link to this contribution) I particularly welcome the inclusion of Professor Tim Brighouse in the expert group. He completely t...

Ed Balls | 480 c685-6 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concerns. I am pleased that she supports the decisions that we have ma...

Jamie Reed | 480 c686 (Link to this contribution) I particularly welcome the collegiate way in which the Secretary of State has worked with the Select...

Ed Balls | 480 c686 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree. One of the things that secondary school teachers regularly say to me is that the...

Paul Rowen | 480 c684 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the statement, particularly as it affects key stage 3. Could I ask the Secretary of ...

Ed Balls | 480 c684 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend has said before, there are many schools with low average results, but with high va...

Ed Balls | 480 c686 (Link to this contribution) We have looked carefully at the transition issues, and will continue to do so through the expert gro...

Subjects

Children Assessments Curriculum Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Pupils National curriculum tests Standards Schools Testing ETS Europe

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