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- Exam targets missed while gender gap widens - The Guardian, Wednesday February 27, 2008
The government has missed its attainment targets for tests taken by 14-year-olds in English, maths and science, as definitive results released today show girls were outperforming boys.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Parents fail comprehension test - BBC, Saturday February 23, 2008
If conspiracy theorists ever got into education, one of the first places that they might point their suspicious fingers is the tangled undergrowth of tests, qualifications and assessment.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Report on exams reveals the 'dumbed down' subjects - The Guardian, Friday February 22, 2008
A report published by the government's exams watchdog today attempts to settle the row over qualifications by conceding that not all A-levels and GCSEs are equal.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Some exams 'harder than others' - BBC, Friday February 22, 2008
Some GCSEs and A-levels are harder than others, England's exams watchdog says.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Eye test urged for poor readers - BBC, Friday February 22, 2008
An eye test to identify children with a condition which could affect their reading ability should be funded by the government, says an academic.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - There is good reason to be worried about declining rates of reading - The Guardian, Wednesday February 20, 2008
Electronic media may well be damaging the minds of the young, say Sunil Iyengar and Mark BauerleinLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pilot test rogue results revealed - BBC, Monday February 18, 2008
The government has explained some of the "unusual" results from the first pilot of new tests that might replace the Sats in England's schools. Schools Minister Jim Knight told MPs that in a reading test, younger children did better than older ones. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Lesson one: no Orwellian language - BBC, Saturday February 16, 2008
An insightful speaker raised a massive cheer from the audience at an education conference this week. [...] He urged everyone to stop talking about "delivery" in education and to return to talking about "teaching". Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pilot progress tests made easier - BBC, Friday February 15, 2008
The government has changed the new pupil progress tests in England, making them easier for children to pass.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pupils' creativity to be assessed - BBC, Friday February 15, 2008
Pupils could soon face assessments of their creativity under plans to boost the "soft skills" employers want.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Government denies making pilot test easier - The Guardian, Friday February 15, 2008
The government today denied reports that it has lowered the pass mark for tests in its "testing when ready" pilot.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Children promised 'high culture' - BBC, Wednesday February 13, 2008
Schoolchildren in England are being promised access to high-quality cultural activities and the chance to pursue creative careers.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Government advised to end mass testing - The Guardian, Tuesday February 12, 2008
Pupils should be allowed to sit national tests any day of the year, the head of the government assessment agency has suggested.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Let's take the digit out of digital - The Guardian, Tuesday February 12, 2008
The ability to communicate face to face and hold the attention of others is a vital human skill, says Greg Philo, head of the Glasgow Media GroupLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - England young 'among most tested' - BBC, Friday February 8, 2008
Primary school children in England are subjected to more testing at an earlier age than many other Western countries, according to a study.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teacher shortage in key subjects feared - The Guardian, Thursday February 7, 2008
· Maths and English hit by decline in trainees · Shortfall will hit schools in summer of 2009Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Eagleton faces axe at Manchester - The Guardian, Thursday February 7, 2008
Terry Eagleton, Britain's leading Marxist literary critic, faces the axe at Manchester University where he has been involved in one of the most ferocious literary spats of recent years with the novelist Martin Amis.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Exam board takes cue from Richard and Judy - The Guardian, Wednesday February 6, 2008
Examiners have culled TS Eliot, EM Forster and Joseph Conrad from the A-level curriculum and are offering schools the chance to pick their own set texts. Teachers should take inspiration from Richard and Judy's book club, they say.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pick-your-own A-level study texts - BBC, Wednesday February 6, 2008
A-level candidates will soon be able to choose some of the books they want to study for their English course.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - White working class boys failing - BBC, Thursday January 31, 2008
Government figures show only 15% of white working class boys in England got five good GCSEs including maths and English last year.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here