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Originally Posted by lancsdave
There are 39 weeks in a school year. I would class it as poor teaching if they can't tell how good a child is in that time. Scrap the SATS
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Although year 6 SATS results are used to decide which set to put children in at secondary school, their main purpose is to assess the performance of the primary school.
Children tend to get very nervous about these exams and although they are told to relax it's easier said than done as it is such an intense week with lots of tests to be done.
However, if they fall to pieces on the day, don't get the results they deserve and finish up in a lower band at secondary school, the teachers will soon realise when they start secondary and see their work that they should be in a higher band and it is easily rectified.
The main thing to remember is that it is the school under examination, not the child.
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