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Education Study Guides Milton Gladstone, ARCO's founder, waited in line to take a post office exam in 1937. Inspecting the anxious faces around him, Gladstone soon concluded he could earn [...]

The results of a survey reveal that most schoolheads, assistant heads and deputies strongly support a proposed boycott of key stage 2 Sats tests in 2010. Teaching unions believe that a full ballot of members on the issue can be won if the Government does not abolish the national tests and introduce a teacher-led assessment regime for 11-year olds as demanded by them.

Will new high-stakes tests make high-school students learn more, increasing their chances of getting into college? That is the hope of many state legislators and testing advocates across the nation. […]

Byline: PAMELA PAUL Many of today's students are graduating from high school dismally unprepared for higher learning and employment, say parents, teachers, college professors and employers, according to a recent […]

The recently released California High School Exit Exam statistics indicate some of the problems inherent in education today. First, the facts in short form, as taken from published reports: * [...]

As education reform is debated by lawmakers in Washington, the sixth annual national survey by Horace Mann Educators Corporation reveals that American parents of school-age children have a different set [...]

The national debate over standardized testing comes in the middle of another school debate. In many school districts, the arts are one of the first classes to go when budgets […]

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Results of a TES poll have revealed that primary school teacher unions are split in half over the decision on whether to boycott the Year 6 Sats. The NUT is planning to join hands with the NAHT to boycott the Sats, while the NASUWT feels that replacing Sats with teacher assessment will end up overloading staff with extra work.

A survey by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) reveals that most parents want the national tests and league tables to be abolished and replaced by teacher assessment of pupils. This is contrary to the Government's claims that parents are supportive of the tests.

Half of young people aged 10-15 questioned in a survey by Ofsted have said that their greatest worry is exams. Four out of five of those questioned also said they [...]

A survey reveals that about 78 percent of parents are happy with their children's and care, considering teaching quality, discipline and their child's happiness as priorities. Contrary to media focus on league tables, parents do not care much for exam results when choosing schools.

Three-quarters of primary schools in England are still preparing seven-year-olds for examinations, despite the fact new supposedly low-stress Sats were introduced this year, according to a survey conducted for the National Assessment Agency. The surveys fund that the new Sats had made little difference to students, even though the tests are now only being used to underpin teacher assessments.

The results of English tests taken by more than 600,000 14-year-olds in England will be inaccurate when they are eventually released, according to local authority advisers and teachers. A survey revealed that not one adviser to the country's 50 local authorities was happy with the way this year's tests were administered, while seven out of 10 advisers believed that the results would not give an accurate reflections of their school's achievements.

The results of literacy tests for 11-years-olds are expected to rise for the first time in four years, according to a survey of 90 schools. The survey also found that maths results may also increase slightly, after standing still last year.

A National Union of Teachers survey has revealed that 60% of teachers believe that national tests are causing stress in children. The current situation is compared with the school system during Victorian times, when it was claimed that some children were dying as a result of the stress induced by their schoolwork. The current government is advised to consider whether education targets can be achieved without putting children under too much stress.

A survey of 78 university admission tutors rated the international baccalaureate, which is similar to the possible future English bac, higher than traditional A-levels. A total of 1,643 pupils took the international baccalaureate in Britain in 2003. It requires the completion of courses in six subjects.

A TES survey covering over 110,000 11-year old pupils taking national tests found that more have reached the target level in English than ever before, but the number of pupils gaining top grades has fallen. English results has risen by one percentage point, with maths and science results falling slightly. This confirms ministers' concerns that primary standards have reached a plateau. The survey covered 34 education authorities in England.

For-profit companies are gaining a foothold in public education because of a perception that American schools are performing badly. How bad is bad? Below are sample math questions asked of [...]