Reading test 'a waste of money' [mirror.co.uk]
- Published: 27 October 2011
The Government's new reading test for six-year-olds is a waste of taxpayers' money that will fail to identify youngsters' needs, literacy experts have warned.
In an open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove, they say they are "deeply concerned" about the test, and call on him to reconsider its introduction.
The letter has been signed by David Reedy, the immediate past president of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, with support from others including Philip Parkin, general secretary of the education union Voice, John Coe, chairman of the National Association for Primary Education and Rona Tutt, chair of the National Literacy Association.
Plans for a reading test for six-year-olds were announced by the Department for Education (DfE) at the end of last year, amid concerns that children with poor reading skills were slipping through the net.
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