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New tests for pupils 'are being rushed in too quickly'

23.06.09
A new system of tests intended to replace Sats in state schools has suffered serious problems, according to reports... more

Quarter of 11-year-olds fail in 3 Rs

01.04.09
More than a quarter of pupils leave primary school without mastering both English and maths, according to government figures... more

One in three pupils 'will get wrong exam results'

30.01.09
The exam system is so riddled with errors that up to one in three children receives the wrong grades, an education watchdog warned ... more

League tables for 14-year-olds abandoned after Sats fiasco

19.12.08
The Sats fiasco has forced ministers to abandon school league tables for 14-year-olds... more

Exams crisis as 200,000 call for re-marks

18.12.08
Record numbers of schools have sent their Sats papers back to be re-marked amid a dramatic loss of confidence in the exam system... more

Exam chiefs face heavy criticism over Sats fiasco

16.12.08
Government exam chiefs will be severely criticised in a damning report on the chaos that engulfed this year's Sats... more

New Sats fiasco looms over delay in finding firm to mark papers

15.12.08
Schools are facing another Sats fiasco as government exam chiefs struggle to find a company to run next year's tests... more

Sats fiasco agency staff will still get their bonuses

24.10.08
Officials at the Government agency that oversaw this year's Sats fiasco have been awarded thousands of pounds in bonuses... more

Still waiting for Sats results ... the pupils with names A to L

07.10.08
Schoolchildren whose surnames begin with the letters A to L are still waiting for their Sats results... more

Sats are wrongly marked ... after 11 weeks

25.09.08
A school forced to wait 11 weeks for its Sats results is sending them back because the marks are "wrong"... more

Exam board Edexcel could bid to run Sats

27.08.08
Exam board Edexcel is looking at bidding to run school Sats following the sacking of ETS, the firm that oversaw this year's marking fiasco... more

Marking 'fiddle' has boosted Sats results

10.07.08
The Government has been exaggerating school standards for the last decade because a marking "fiddle" boosted test results for hundreds of thousands of children... more

Marking fiasco delays SATs scores 'for weeks'

04.07.08
Thousands of children who took national tests in English, maths and science this summer may not find out their marks before the end of term due to "unacceptable" marking delays... more

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