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The government may scrap key educational testing for 11 and 14-year-olds in England and replace them with more frequent, but less detailed assessments.
New plans envisage more regular and flexible testing with teachers deciding when they think a pupil is ready to sit a test.
Education Secretary Alan Johnson said the idea would be tried out in 10 local authority areas from September. ?Parents want to know how their child is progressing in the four years of key stage 2,? he told Sky News.
The pilot schemes, which will run for 2 years, will cover Maths and English. Currently children are assessed when they are 7, 11 and 14 before many of them go on to sit exams at 16. Johnson said he wanted pupils who needed specific help to be given individual tuition in a bid to lift educational standards. The minister is set to outline details of the plans later yesterday.
Johnson said he wants a way of identifying bright pupils who are not performing to the best of their abilities but still meeting national standards while also giving recognition to students who have made significant progress, even if they still fall below the benchmark.
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