Taking 11+ can harm SATS Results!!!!!!!! - Discuss!!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:06 pm
Article in the Mail on Sunday
Taking 11-plus can harm SATs results, says council bidding to close grammar schools
Slough Council is investigating whether pupils are left distracted and demoralised by taking the 11-plus test six months before sitting SATs at the end of primary school.
A labour council was accused of threatening the future of four grammar schools after it blamed the 11-plus entrance exams for poor results in primary tests.
Slough Council is investigating whether pupils are left distracted and demoralised by taking the 11-plus test six months before sitting SATs at the end of primary school.
It claims widespread coaching for the 11-plus outside school hours may affect the performance of the youngsters in SATs, which bear little resemblance to the grammar school test.
Slough, which has four grammar schools, is already planning to axe one to make way for an academy school in the face of parental opposition.
The council has commissioned researchers from the National Foundation for Educational Research to find out whether the selective school system operating in the area is behind its stalled SATs results.
Clair Pyper, Slough's director of children's services, told the Times Educational Supplement the council 'needs to be realistic about what children and schools can manage'.
She said there was no intention to get rid of grammar schools.
Nick Seaton, from the Campaign for Real Education, said: 'It is impossible to see how the 11-plus can have any bearing on national tests.'
Taking 11-plus can harm SATs results, says council bidding to close grammar schools
Slough Council is investigating whether pupils are left distracted and demoralised by taking the 11-plus test six months before sitting SATs at the end of primary school.
A labour council was accused of threatening the future of four grammar schools after it blamed the 11-plus entrance exams for poor results in primary tests.
Slough Council is investigating whether pupils are left distracted and demoralised by taking the 11-plus test six months before sitting SATs at the end of primary school.
It claims widespread coaching for the 11-plus outside school hours may affect the performance of the youngsters in SATs, which bear little resemblance to the grammar school test.
Slough, which has four grammar schools, is already planning to axe one to make way for an academy school in the face of parental opposition.
The council has commissioned researchers from the National Foundation for Educational Research to find out whether the selective school system operating in the area is behind its stalled SATs results.
Clair Pyper, Slough's director of children's services, told the Times Educational Supplement the council 'needs to be realistic about what children and schools can manage'.
She said there was no intention to get rid of grammar schools.
Nick Seaton, from the Campaign for Real Education, said: 'It is impossible to see how the 11-plus can have any bearing on national tests.'