If your view of education is dictated by the results of tests, then this month must have been an exciting one for you. Educationalists throughout the world have been opining upon what has come out of SATs, 'Pirls' and even 'Pisa'. For me, regrettably, I have only a sense of foreboding.
The Government's interpretation of the SATs results would have you believe that all is well and that improvements were seen in 54 per cent of schools. The corollary is that notwithstanding all the money spent on improving the teaching of maths, English and science, 44 per cent of schools had worse results than last year. Four in ten pupils leave our primary schools without mastering the basics upon which their future education depends.
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