stats are just a govenment tool used to direct blame at teachers instead of at themselves
because of these stats kids are burdened with extra homework to preppare for them which can take up weekends and holiday periods just to make a school look better on a chart , not too mention teh stress it puts teh child under
i havnt followed stats too closely but evey now and then they raise tehir ugly head because somone is trying to get the age of testing to 1 year old or somthing ridiculous
hate to go off topic but is anyone esle concerned with the amount of homework kids get these days and how what were once holiday periods are now spent fretting about getting homework done
mind you my sons homework is done online now and isnt even marked by a teacher , they simply login and see what score the pupil gets
anyone could be doing the home work for them