The Masterplan » KS3 http://themasterplan.edublogs.org Musings on Maths, education, teaching, technology and other things by Dan Stucke a Maths teacher in Manchester. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 A weight lifted – SATs http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/44 http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/44#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:16:59 +0000 mrstucke http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/?p=44 Ed Balls has, well, sorry, had the balls to ditch SATs for 14 year olds in England.

I can’t quite describe how elated I am!  Ignoring last years fiasco, these tests have narrowed the curriculum, the teaching opportunities and pupils enthusiasm for the subject for years.  The league tables that accompanied them often narrowed a school’s focus onto just the key Level 5 boundary pupils.

Can all of that really be gone?  Fingers crossed!

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