The Good Childhood Inquiry

April 20th, 2009

The Children’s Society’s Good Childhood Inquiry, the results of which were published in February 2009, includes the following recommendations:

 

  • Replace all SATS tests with an annual assessment designed mainly to guide a child’s learning.
  • Stop publishing data on individual schools from which league tables are constructed by the media.

    • It also includes what, for me, is a much-needed statement on the place of exam results in education. It is here:

    “We believe that exam grades and qualifications must not be seen as the primary objective of children’s education, rather as one of the markers of children’s growth, learning and achievements among many others.”

    More details on the report are available here:

     

     

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