Call to reconsider baseline in Reception

FSFRebecca · 2018-02-28T15:14:43+0000

The 'More than a score' coalition has launched its critique of new government proposals for testing four-year olds, and is calling for the plans to be dropped. At a meeting hosted by Shadow Early Years Minister Tracy Brabin, parents, teachers and educational experts from the More Than a Score coalition exposed what they believe are flaws in the Government’s latest plans to test very young children, and called for the proposal to be dropped. The More Than a Score dossier 'Baseline Assessment: it doesn’t add up' shows that the Government’s plans are statistically uninformed and educationally damaging. You read about the MTAS coalition here Nursery World magazine have reported on this: Campaigners publish case against the baseline The group have also been reported in the Independent newspaper: Government's planned test for four-year-olds will be 'damaging', education experts warn TES have also covered the story: Baseline assessment is 'unethical, expensive and threatens children's mental health'