The utter chaos facing our primary colleagues with regards to assessment and testing highlights just how exam-driven our education system has become.
The competence of the Department for Education (DfE) in managing these tests has been called into question. From the huge waste of money that was Baseline assessment (now axed) to the forced abandonment of key stage 1 spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG) tests because answers were published online, it is a farcical situation.
Most recently, key stage 2 SPAG test answers were leaked, and although this test has gone ahead, the DfE is now under significant pressure to prove its competence.
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