The «root - and - branch» investigation was ordered by the schools minister Nick Gibb in April after the government was forced to cancel this year's key stage 1 spelling, punctuation and
grammar test following the leak of the paper online.
Not exact matches
Test Your
Grammar Skills Pre-Intermediate Lesson — Correct the Errors Check out the
following sentences made by Polish students at a recent pre-intermediate spoken English lesson.
Following the preliminary report in August, the national report provides comparable data for the 2014 national and state / territory results for each year level — 3, 5, 7 and 9 — and for each
test domain — reading, writing, spelling,
grammar and punctuation, and numeracy.
It
follows several years of significant change in
testing at primary level, with the scrapping of national curriculum levels, the introduction of the phonics check and new spelling and
grammar tests and a new primary curriculum.
The mistake, which is being blamed on «human error»,
follows calls from headteachers for the spelling, punctuation and
grammar, or «SPAG»
tests, to be scrapped, and warnings that tens of thousands of pupils could have been exposed to the questions and answers ahead of time.
It also highlighted the accidental publication of the content of the spelling, punctuation and
grammar test and the cancellation of this year's planned baseline
test for pupils in Reception
following unsuccessful trials.
The inquiry into primary
testing was launched last year
following a chaotic year in which parents and teachers complained about new, harder
tests, and the government faced questions over blunders such as the leaking of the key stage 1 spelling and
grammar test.