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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pre-school Education: Assessments (28 May 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is of her Department's assessment that testing of four year olds is beneficial to a child's education and development.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

Answer

All schools currently do some form of assessment of pupils on entry to school to support planning of teaching.

The optional reception baseline assessment which was announced in March 2014 is intended to form part of this broader assessment.


Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
4 June 2015

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