{"id":59653,"date":"2021-10-07T04:36:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=59653"},"modified":"2021-10-07T04:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:36:22","slug":"sats-why-bringing-back-tests-for-14-year-olds-could-help-disadvantaged-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/sats-why-bringing-back-tests-for-14-year-olds-could-help-disadvantaged-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Sats \u2013 why bringing back tests for 14-year-olds could help disadvantaged students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pencil1_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pencil1_1.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pencil1_1-250x156.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nThe UK government is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/oct\/01\/dfe-considering-return-of-sats-at-14-and-axing-teaching-hours-limits\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0considering bringing back national curriculum tests (known as Sats) for 14-year-olds in England. The reasons cited were that, without formal assessment to mark the end of key stage three (KS3 \u2013 years seven, eight and nine of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/covid-19-has-made-the-transition-from-primary-to-secondary-school-harder-heres-how-parents-can-help-166313\">secondary school<\/a>) children were at risk of losing focus, and losing out.<\/p>\n<p>The KS3 Sats were abolished in 2008. These tests had first been introduced in 1988 and were used across all national curriculum subjects, including English, maths, science, history, geography, modern foreign languages, design and technology and art and design.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisHillidge\/status\/1443982578298540035\">many teachers rejoiced<\/a>\u00a0when they were scrapped because it apparently reduced their workload,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ofqual.blog.gov.uk\/2021\/05\/17\/bias-in-teacher-assessment-results\/\">research suggests<\/a>\u00a0that disadvantaged students \u2013 particularly those from ethnic minorities and lower socio-economic backgrounds \u2013 may be losing out under the current teacher assessment regime. Various education stakeholders since \u2013 including the former chief inspector of schools,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/education-25336254\">Michael Wilshaw<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 have called for some form of external assessment in year nine to resume.<\/p>\n<p>England is not an outlier in terms of the amount of testing that students face when compared to other countries \u2013 or in terms of the importance placed on these tests. There may be less testing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tes.com\/news\/exams-assessment-testing-uk-france-germany-usa-spain\">in Sweden<\/a>, for example. But\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/gp\/book\/9780230230255\">research shows<\/a>\u00a0that early testing in Germany, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic and many other countries can determine a child\u2019s future in a way that does not happen in England (except in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/01425692.2018.1443432\">a tiny number<\/a>\u00a0of grammar schools).<\/p>\n<p>So is bringing back KS3 Sats a good idea?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Why the tests were abolished<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>When the Labour government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2008\/oct\/14\/sats-scrapped\">scrapped them<\/a>\u00a0in October 2008, it was considered a historic move. The then education secretary, Ed Balls, claimed that the tests served no real purpose. Additional reasons given for the change included a reduced assessment workload for teachers, the idea that the tests distorted the nature of education and the test anxiety experienced by pupils.<\/p>\n<p>But these reasons do not really stand up to scrutiny. The Sats were replaced by teacher assessments, which meant changing \u2013 but not reducing \u2013 the hours teachers had to spend on assessing their pupils\u2019 progress. Many schools still use KS3 tests and exams for their own purposes anyway, even if they are not a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tes.com\/news\/do-we-still-need-key-stage-3-exams\">statutory requirement<\/a>. Schools use such assessments to inform students, teachers and parents about progress, identify areas of support that school leaders can attend to and provide a measure of school performance for governors and others.<\/p>\n<p>And if key-stage testing was abolished because it was distorting the so-called true nature of education, it is not clear why the similar testing of pupils at key stages one, two and four was retained. There was no reason to suggest that \u201cteaching to the test\u201d was somehow less problematic for pupils aged seven, 11, or 16 than it was at age 14.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, in terms of anxiety, wellbeing and happiness, evidence suggests that sitting exams (even at a younger age than 14)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/education\/sats-tests-year-6-pupils-ks2-exams-happiness-wellbeing-unaffected-1214675\">does not cause major problems<\/a>\u00a0for children.<\/p>\n<p>Further reasons for abolishing KS3 tests have been suggested. But perhaps the biggest factor was the collapse of the US-based testing firm ETS in 2008 which led to many tests remaining unmarked and boxes of pupils responses\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/education\/7507113.stm\">just sitting around<\/a>. Perhaps abolition was a political response to the perceived chaos in schools, and not actually related to educational improvement.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Does bringing them back makes sense?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>So, should KS3 Sats start again (even if they never fully disappeared)? It would certainly be more convenient for researchers such as ourselves who look at pupil progress and how to improve it. Currently we have access to data on assessments at age seven and 11 and then a long gap until age 16. However, this is not a reason likely to sway politicians, teachers or the general public.<\/p>\n<p>A sound reason for a return to testing would be if the teacher assessments currently in use were somehow inaccurate or unfair. This is not entirely clear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/jcpp.13070\">Research suggests<\/a>\u00a0that teacher assessment is as stable and reliable as formal testing. However, there is also substantial evidence from the office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (the UK government\u2019s exam watchdog) and others that disadvantaged students\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tes.com\/news\/assessment-disadvantaged-students-will-lose-out\">may lose out<\/a>\u00a0to their peers in teacher assessment. This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ofqual.blog.gov.uk\/2021\/05\/17\/bias-in-teacher-assessment-results\/\">applies especially<\/a>\u00a0for pupils from some ethnic minorities and lower socio-economic backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>This issue of children possibly losing out in teacher assessment is important because KS3 results can be part of the step to accessing subject and qualification choices at KS4. If there are some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/four-things-that-can-bias-how-teachers-assess-student-work-142135\">unconscious biases<\/a>\u00a0in assessment this may then bias pupils\u2019 entire future trajectories.<br \/>\nDespite the abolition of KS3 Sats in 2008, heavy workload\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchfeatures.com\/rethinking-complex-determinants-teacher-shortages\/\">continues to be cited<\/a>\u00a0as an obstacle to keeping teachers in the workforce. Many schools\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gl-assessment.co.uk\/case-studies\/assessment-at-key-stage-3-from-levels-to-validity\/\">are using<\/a>\u00a0increasingly sophisticated digital tools and digital standardised and self-marking tests. Such approaches could be helpful in minimising workloads in the event that KS3 Sats (or something similar) were reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/a-level-and-gcse-cancellation-a-missed-opportunity-to-rethink-assessment\/\">whole assessment process<\/a>\u00a0has, of course, been hit by the pandemic. Two years of national key stage tests results, up to and including A-levels, have been lost. Perhaps now is the time to deal with those problems, and not to add a further test \u2013 at least yet.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it chooses to do, the Department for Education must plan a robust evaluation of any proposed change at KS3, with policy led by evidence of its benefits and a solid plan for how to implement it.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Stephen Gorard is Professor of Education and Public Policy and Nadia Siddiqui is a Research Fellow in the School of Education both at Durham University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK government is\u00a0reportedly\u00a0considering bringing back national curriculum tests (known as Sats) for 14-year-olds in England. The reasons cited were that, without formal assessment to mark the end of key stage three (KS3 \u2013 years seven, eight and nine of\u00a0secondary school) children were at risk of losing focus, and losing out. 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