http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-37264-national-assessment-agency/topic-rss.do National Assessment Agency RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710848-new-tests-for-pupils-are-being-rushed-in-too-quickly.do A new system of tests intended to replace Sats in state schools has suffered serious problems, according to reports Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:37:13 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710848-new-tests-for-pupils-are-being-rushed-in-too-quickly.do 2009-06-23T08:37:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23669750-quarter-of-11-year-olds-fail-in-3-rs.do More than a quarter of pupils leave primary school without mastering both English and maths, according to government figures Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:19:24 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23669750-quarter-of-11-year-olds-fail-in-3-rs.do 2009-04-01T08:19:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23631867-one-in-three-pupils-will-get-wrong-exam-results.do The exam system is so riddled with errors that up to one in three children receives the wrong grades, an education watchdog warned Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:08:50 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23631867-one-in-three-pupils-will-get-wrong-exam-results.do 2009-01-30T09:08:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23605388-league-tables-for-14-year-olds-abandoned-after-sats-fiasco.do The Sats fiasco has forced ministers to abandon school league tables for 14-year-olds Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:28:47 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23605388-league-tables-for-14-year-olds-abandoned-after-sats-fiasco.do 2008-12-19T14:28:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23604084-exams-crisis-as-200000-call-for-re-marks.do Record numbers of schools have sent their Sats papers back to be re-marked amid a dramatic loss of confidence in the exam system Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:19:29 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23604084-exams-crisis-as-200000-call-for-re-marks.do 2008-12-18T09:19:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23602385-exam-chiefs-face-heavy-criticism-over-sats-fiasco.do Government exam chiefs will be severely criticised in a damning report on the chaos that engulfed this year's Sats Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:41:44 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23602385-exam-chiefs-face-heavy-criticism-over-sats-fiasco.do 2008-12-16T09:41:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23601679-new-sats-fiasco-looms-over-delay-in-finding-firm-to-mark-papers.do Schools are facing another Sats fiasco as government exam chiefs struggle to find a company to run next year's tests Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:47:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23601679-new-sats-fiasco-looms-over-delay-in-finding-firm-to-mark-papers.do 2008-12-15T08:47:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23577587-sats-fiasco-agency-staff-will-still-get-their-bonuses.do Officials at the Government agency that oversaw this year's Sats fiasco have been awarded thousands of pounds in bonuses Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:08:58 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23577587-sats-fiasco-agency-staff-will-still-get-their-bonuses.do 2008-10-24T08:08:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23565059-still-waiting-for-sats-results-the-pupils-with-names-a-to-l.do Schoolchildren whose surnames begin with the letters A to L are still waiting for their Sats results Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:18:31 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23565059-still-waiting-for-sats-results-the-pupils-with-names-a-to-l.do 2008-10-07T09:18:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23560050-sats-are-wrongly-marked-after-11-weeks.do A school forced to wait 11 weeks for its Sats results is sending them back because the marks are "wrong" Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:33:31 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23560050-sats-are-wrongly-marked-after-11-weeks.do 2008-09-25T07:33:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23545556-exam-board-edexcel-could-bid-to-run-sats.do 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 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:52 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23545556-exam-board-edexcel-could-bid-to-run-sats.do 2008-08-27T12:47:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23514675-marking-fiddle-has-boosted-sats-results.do The Government has been exaggerating school standards for the last decade because a marking "fiddle" boosted test results for hundreds of thousands of children Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:55:09 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23514675-marking-fiddle-has-boosted-sats-results.do 2008-07-10T08:55:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23509066-marking-fiasco-delays-sats-scores-for-weeks.do 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 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:45:20 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23509066-marking-fiasco-delays-sats-scores-for-weeks.do 2008-07-04T14:45:20Z