Stop plans for the Reception baseline assessment to be rolled out by 2020

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Stop plans for the Reception baseline assessment to be rolled out by 2020

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The government are introducing compulsory testing for children in reception with the aim of rolling it out by 2020.
There are different ways of assessing children,these tests will be unreliable without taking into consideration the many factors that will be at play. They are simply just too young.

Additional Information

More info about the ins and outs of the assessment:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reception-baseline-assessment

News report:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/apr/11/government-unveils-controversial-plan-testing-four-year-olds-england

There is a lot of research that suggests testing at this age can be detrimental to a child's development and learning:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0141192032000060902

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