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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
I fail to see the argument that tests (necessarily ?) interfers with actual learning.
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Trust me, there are only so many hours in a day, only so many school days in a year. Every single class has to be shut down for the duration of every test, and they become longer and more onerous the older the children are.
Every child has to complete the test, which means any off ill have to be supervised separately, taking a Teaching Assistant out of her role.
Nothing else can be done during these times, not marking, hearing readers, lesson planning. Everyone is required and needs to be vigilant.
And in fact if there are any staff absences (teachers genuinely do get ill too!) it messes up the whole
school in terms of cover.
I'm not able to suggest anything more positive, just wanted to put my two pennies worth in from the school side. All the staff hated the tests as much as the children. And some children used to have crying fits from the pressure.