Does Testing Help Children?

Year 1-Phonics
1. The Screening Check; Nicholson, T (2005). The Phonics handbook. Chichester: Whurr.
  1. The Principles;Linking Blending Segmenting irregular words
    1. Stakeholders
      1. Parents
      2. Teachers
      3. Government
  2. Example of Test:
    1. Pass Mark: 31+
    2. Fail Mark; 0-31
  3. Discussion Points;
    1. Ethics
    2. Is it a Head-Start?
    3. What are other countries doing? (Finland)
2. For: Micheal Gove
  1. Against:Dr Mary Bousted & Prof. Joan Freeman
3. Statistics: Marshall, S. (2013). Statistical First Release . PHONICS SCREENING CHECK AND NATIONAL CURRICULUM ASSESSMENTS AT KEY STAGE 1 IN ENGLAND, 2012/13. 1 (1), p1-9.
11+
1. Grammar school allocation
2. 1944 Education Reform Act
  1. LEAs
3. Vocabulary skills
  1. Mental maths skills
    1. Identifying
      1. patterns/codes
4. Example Questions
5. Fors;
  1. organisation skills
  2. time management
  3. Prepares for exam
  4. Againsts;
    1. parental pressure
    2. Unhealthy coaching culture
    3. one attempt
    4. not an accurate measure
High-Stake Testing
1. used to measure the progress in a childs learning
  1. ranking throughout teachers and the schools
    1. expectations
  2. handle pressure
2. penalties for a teacher
  1. funding reductions
  2. help teachers create a learning plan
  3. high levels of anxiety
3. Leah Adams and Stuart A. Karabenick
Year 9 SATS
1. Fors
  1. Against
2. statistics
3. Teachers
  1. Exam
4. schools
  1. League Tables
5. Secondary schools
Controlled Assessments
1. Coursework
  1. How its Marked
  2. Overly structured
  3. Subjective marking
  4. Advantage to girls
  5. non exam assessment
  6. Assessing practical knowledge?
    1. GCSE’s involve a practical element that cannot be assessed by a written exam
2. Speaking Exams
3. Listening Exams
4. Writing Exams
  1. Language exams: E.g; Spanish
Conclusion
1. League Tables indicator
  1. Benefits Schools rather than children

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