A survey of 970 Reception teachers by the National Education Union (NEU) reveals that over 80 per cent disagree that the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) provides accurate information about a child ...

Controversial tests for four-and-five year-olds in their very first weeks of school have been branded a "waste of time" by teachers amid calls for them to be scrapped. The Reception Baseline ...

Cathy Nutbrown has received research funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. This article does not reflect the views of the research council. She is part of the Better without Baseline ...

The reality of the Reception Baseline Assessment for children is very different from the Government's portrayal of it in an information leaflet for parents, argues Nancy Stewart The Government has ...

A teachers’ union has criticised the Government’s decision to replace Key Stage 1 SATs with a new one-on-one assessment system for reception-age primary school pupils. The Reception Baseline ...

The government is claiming that controversial testing of reception-age children can help improve their attainment at the age of seven, despite widespread concerns about the validity of the assessments ...

Controversial tests for four-and-five year-olds in their very first weeks of school have been branded a "waste of time" by teachers amid calls for them to be scrapped. Did you know with a Digital ...