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Tests for students from first year of school announced (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The government has announced mandatory reading, writing and maths tests for primary schools.

From next year, schools will be required to test the ability of five year olds to link sounds and letters at 20 and 40 weeks of schooling.

From years 3-8, schools would have to test children's reading, writing and maths twice a year using either e-asTTle or Progressive Assessment Tests (PATs).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Progressive Assessment Tests (PATs).

Ha ha I remember those from the 1980s! 😄 Whole bunch of multi choice.

I remember coming home and apologizing to my mum that I'd zoned out during the Listening Comprehension and probably failed, her reply was something like don't worry about it because PAT tests are just the government testing the schools.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember the name but also there were so many different tests. Were PATs the ones where you used a B2 pencil?

I remember reading Freakonomics where they looked at the data from schools and found evidence that teachers were editing answers before submitting in order to make themselves look like better teachers 😆

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I mostly remember they smelled nice and had high print quality! But yes pencil. And foldy bits.

Must re read Freakonomics sometime. That's hilarious but I guess to be expected. Remember teaching inspectors?

Teacher: "Now remember class, an inspector is coming to inspect you all today so you must be nice and quiet and on your best behaviour all day"

Me (to my friends) "we can just act normal, mum says the inspector is really only inspecting Mr Mackie's teaching". 😆

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Haha I have terrible memory but I do remember on occasion a person coming to watch a teacher teach. I don't think the teacher ever tried to pass it off as inspecting the kids, though 😆