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Assessment in England – the direction of travel. Salzburg. John Brown October 2009. BACKGROUND. England has around 8 million pupils in compulsory schooling from the ages of 5-16 It has the most extensive system of external testing in Europe This regime is proving to be very problematic.
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Assessment in England – the direction of travel. Salzburg John Brown October 2009
BACKGROUND • England has around 8 million pupils in compulsory schooling from the ages of 5-16 • It has the most extensive system of external testing in Europe • This regime is proving to be very problematic
Drivers of change in assessment policy • Political • Economic and maybe…… • Educational?
Economic cost: • Cost of centralised assessment system in England in 2008: £700 million • (Source: National Audit Office) This figure does not calculate the cost of teacher time spent on testing.
Current focus: • “Wider outcomes” • Teacher training • Operating the market system through provider choice • School autonomy
Thank you for listening • If you would like to contact me to discuss any aspect of this presentation or my article, my email is: • J.brown01@ioe.ac.uk