TACTYC, the association for the professional development of early years educators, has launched a campaign against the Government’s plans to test four-year-olds when they first start school, as they believe the assessments will provide ‘unreliable’ results and be harmful to children’s learning.
The baseline assessment will be introduced in 2016 and replace the EYFS Profile. Teachers will have a choice which assessment they want to use from those approved by the Department for Education.
In a unanimous vote at TACTYC’s annual general meeting over the weekend, members passed a motion to write to childcare and education minister Sam Gyimah, urging him to re-think introducing the assessment.
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