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An overview of upcoming changes being made to primary assessment.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Key stage 2 results show substantial increases in the number of 11-year-olds securing skills needed for secondary school compared to 2010.
Sample test materials are available to help teachers prepare for the 2016 national curriculum tests for pupils at the end of key stages 1 and 2
Information about the Standards and Testing Agency's email newsletters for early years providers and key stage 1 and key stage 2 schools.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
DfE has established the members of the commission on assessment without levels that will support schools following the removal of levels.
Nick Gibb sets out plans for a commission to help improve primary school assessment and testing.
Nick Gibb outlines the support given to schools as they move away from level descriptors.
Eighty thousand more children than 5 years ago will start secondary school secure in reading, writing and arithmetic.
Sample questions for the tests taken by 7-year-olds and 11-year-olds show the higher standards expected for reading, writing and arithmetic.
Find out more about the new tests for key stage 1 and key stage 2.
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks to Reform about new freedoms for teachers over materials, assessment and professional development.
News on a bid to improve standards in primary schools.
On 9 November 2012, Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss announced that calculators would be banned in maths tests for 11-year-olds from 2014.
Find out the results of tests in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school in summer 2012.
The results of more than 16,000 schools’ key stage 2 tests – taken by 11-year-olds this May – were published today.
The Minister of State for schools comments on statistics which show that children are struggling in core subjects.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb announces that the Standards and Testing Agency will commence operating on Monday 3rd October.
Nick Gibb: Improvement welcome – but more needs to be done.
Michael Gove accepts all the recommendations of Lord Bew’s independent review of testing, assessment and accountability at the end of primary school.
Government’s response to the review and how the recommendations will be taken forward.
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