Apr 18th, 2009 - Times Online
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The National Union of Teachers has voted to ballot its members on a boycottof Sats tests. Your views?
Parliament decided there should be national curriculum tests, and teachers, asemployees of the state, should do what they are paid to do.
The tests 11-year-olds take tell us whether the primary school they attend isteaching its pupils to read, write and add up. Local authorities andgovernment need this information to target support effectively. Parents needit if they are to exercise a choice about the school they want theirchildren to attend.
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Teachers and heads unite to force abolition of SATs
Apr 10th, 2009 - Times Online
Teachers will vote today to boycott next year’s national curriculum tests, ina bitter campaign to force their abolition. Two trade unions have taken the unusual step of joining forces to confront theGovernment over the tests...
Teachers to vote on Sats boycott
Apr 9th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
About 600,000 11-year-olds are preparing for Sats in May Teachers are expected to back a boycott of Sats tests for children aged seven and 11 in England - unless ministers agree to scrap the exams. National Union of Teachers members...
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