SATs, Year 6
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Turtlegirl
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Re: SATs, Year 6
I agree with SEP18. SATs scores are notoriously unreliable (I had young friends whose head had wandered around as they sat their papers, coughing at appropriate points - their school had *excellent* results). And local comprehensives I spoke to definitely used CAT tests to assess their incoming pupils.
Re: SATs, Year 6
Seems a not uncommon practice.
My ds1 once attended a school where the teacher would walk around the room during SATs tests (they held them in most Ks2 years as they were doing 'single level' tests) - and put her finger on any question in the test which had been answered incorrectly.
My children's school may not get results as high as this one, but at least I know that there is no cheating involved in their case. Nevertheless, scores of parents choose the former school each year on the basis of their high SATs scores.
My ds1 once attended a school where the teacher would walk around the room during SATs tests (they held them in most Ks2 years as they were doing 'single level' tests) - and put her finger on any question in the test which had been answered incorrectly.
My children's school may not get results as high as this one, but at least I know that there is no cheating involved in their case. Nevertheless, scores of parents choose the former school each year on the basis of their high SATs scores.