fallen behind. many of you will to say kids need to feel the pressure of gcses coming down the line. what do you think are sats much too much, much too young? do they put children under unnecessary pressure? or are they an important tool for measuring abilities? how many millilitres of squash are in each drink? what is the correct answer? are sats up to scratch? what is the correct answer? get in touch, let s talk. call free. call me on 08085 909693. text 85058. follow 5 live on facebook and twitter.. it is good to see. here the news. train passengers are facing cancellations on many lines at the start of a weekend likely to be severely disrupted by strike action. train drivers in the aslef union have walked out today, in their continuing dispute about pay and conditions. more disruption is expected tomorrow, when rmt union members walk out. the uk economy grew a small amount over the first three months of the year. official figures show that gross domestic product increase
yes, so, are sats up to scratch? that is the question we are asking this morning. a vital role in understanding people s progress, pivotal in raising standards in our primary schools, abolishing it would be a terrible backward step. 0r too much, too young, a waste of time? teaching to the test, that is what is all about. restricting the curriculum. serving no purpose. grainne hallahan, senior analyst, joined me. good morning. whatan interesting conversation this is. why do we need them? 50. interesting conversation this is. why do we need them?- interesting conversation this is. why do we need them? so, the sats are a measure why do we need them? so, the sats are a measure of why do we need them? so, the sats are a measure of the why do we need them? so, the sats are a measure of the end why do we need them? so, the sats are a measure of the end of - why do we need them? so, the sats are a measure of the end of primaryl are a measure of the end of primary school and they are imp
are telling us that although they try their very, very best do not let the children feel the pressure being felt by the teachers, that is an impossible exercise because there is so much focus put upon the tests, things happen, like you mentioned before, like the curriculum narrowing, drama, arts, sport get dropped, they miss out on other stuff in the classroom, they are brought in after school on the holidays. poor results can trigger moving down the league tables, 0fsted inspections, teachers have their pay is sometimes linked to the performance of the class. these sorts of things create real pressure. does the test have to be like that? well, we have got other examples of ways we can test children. if you look to scotland or wales, they have moved to a different sort of testing. so, with the sats they sit and do a paper exam. they start and then finish. everybody does the same questions, same number of questions, same
them through it as much support as possible to help them through it. but as much support as possible to help them through it. as much support as possible to help them through it. but why cram? why cram? if it them through it. but why cram? why cram? if it is them through it. but why cram? why cram? if it is a them through it. but why cram? why cram? if it is a picture them through it. but why cram? why cram? if it is a picture of cram? if it is a picture of progress, why are you cramming? why are you putting this pressure at the end? why is that happening? if it is not fit for purpose, it does put into question why you are doing it. right, so basically, the sats are a test we right, so basically, the sats are a test we have right, so basically, the sats are a test we have to right, so basically, the sats are a test we have to do right, so basically, the sats are a test we have to do at right, so basically, the sats are a test we have to do at the - right, so basic
amount of time. what we could do is adaptive testing. say you take for example a reading paper. you read a test and we are asking five questions. if you get all five right, you get five harder questions. if you get some of them wrong you will be retested on the question is testing that skill that you got wrong before, just to check, did you really understand it, can you really do it? then the test adapt according to the answers you give. that means you get a shorter test, a less stressful task. you don t have children being faced with question upon question i can t answer. and in a way doing that method some people argue, experts argue, it would be a better and less stressful way to test our children. by stressful way to test our children. by the way, the 850 millilitre bottle of squash makes 17 drinks. how many millilitres of squash are in each drink? the answer is 50 millilitres. i had to scratch my head a little bit. it is not my