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United Kingdom
Over 300,000 teachers will vote on boycott of Sats
The National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Head Teachers, whose memberships make up the majority of the profession, want ministers to replace the tests, which are taken by 11-year-olds in English and maths with teacher assessment.
Mick Brookes, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "We have put forward a viable and professional alternative that would have improved the assessment process and ensured that no child leaves the primary phase with incorrect grades. The current system has resulted in thousands of children moving to the next phase of their education with misleading information about their ability. It has also led, quite unjustifiably, to schools and their communities being labelled as 'failing' with the consequence of damaging recruitment of headteachers and worsening their working environment."
Sourced from: The Guardian
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