The Baseline Assessment of children right at the beginning of their school life is coming – the Department for Education recently announced that the NFER has been awarded the contract to develop the new test which is expected to be rolled out nationally from 2020-2022, despite calls from education unions, academics, teachers and early years professionals for the idea to be put aside.
In the debate about the merits of a Baseline Assessment, we must be careful that parents with pre-school children are not discouraged from supporting their child’s early learning and achievements, including their acquisition of literacy and early maths skills.
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