'The tragedy of this week's fudge is that we shall still be debating in a year's time whether seven-year-olds should be the only children of this age in the Western world to face tests, rather than moving on to a more sensible system of national tests at 11, with progress checks on pupils' performance on their way through primary school.'
performance on their way through primary school.'
Editorial, The Independent
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