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'Complacent' watchdog failed to spot exam chaos
Assessment agency to be disbanded after missing warning signs of disaster
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Exam chiefs condemned in Sats report
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
A damning inquiry into this summer's Sats fiasco today highlighted startling failures by the schools testing agency and its contractor.
Catalogue of errors led to exams fiasco, says report
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
A catalogue of blunders leading to the fiasco over this summer's national curriculum tests for 11 and 14-year-olds will be exposed in an official government report to be published today.
More face sack over Sats fiasco
Monday, 15 December 2008
Inquiry into curriculum tests will paint picture of system at breaking point
Exams chief quits over SATs fiasco
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Boston resigns before damning report on QCA's failure to deliver results on time to 100,000 pupils
Dr Boston fails to pass the SATs exam
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Watchdog resigns on eve of damning official report into results delay
Agony aunts to cheer up UK's children
Friday, 12 December 2008
Government calls in problem page writers for advice on child welfare
Businessman jailed for £16m student fraud
Thursday, 11 December 2008
The owner of the biggest learning provider in the UK used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Most UK toddlers 'cared for out of home'
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Majority of mothers go back to work within year of giving birth, Unicef says
Dramatic improvement in science and maths
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
A Sharp improvement in the performance of 14-year-olds taking maths and science in England has been revealed in an international study.
Tests threaten reform of curriculum, teachers fear
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Plans for a radical shake-up of the primary school curriculum will flounder unless ministers order a review of the national curriculum tests for 11-year-olds, teachers' leaders warn.
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