tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948913817819038806.post5535869767587232988..comments2023-08-13T11:03:28.554+01:00Comments on Keeping Up With The Family: Bloody SATS! OldPoyntzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175123772953161618noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948913817819038806.post-9424352132515075842016-03-07T11:40:42.167+00:002016-03-07T11:40:42.167+00:00I think a lot of what is going on with school test...I think a lot of what is going on with school testing and exams at the moment is a complete joke. I've been teaching for 20 years so have seen change upon change upon change - sometimes inflicted because there's a new face in politics in charge. The latest daftness is this obsession with grammar, which yes I agree must be learnt and understood (I'm an English teacher after all) but it's being taught as an abstract entity so it becomes dull, complicated, contradictory and the message seems to be just jump through this hoop. <br /><br />The problem with solely using teacher reports though is that some teachers / schools upgrade some of their students and results so they will appear more favourably in league tables and the like, such is the pressure they are under. I've seen it done, been admitted to that a colleague has done it because they know other schools have done it so why should they suffer - so what is the answer?? But yes, great article and have forwarded to it my chief exec at post40bloggers. Mama Elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550504709054632844noreply@blogger.com