Lord Bew appointed to chair external review of Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability

Appointed by Education Secretary Michael Gove, Lord Bew will lead a small review panel consisting of two education experts, a number of primary headteachers and one secondary school head. The panel is due to launch a 12-week call for evidence, following which it will publish a progress report summarising the evidence gathered.

The review will look at a number of issues, including:

  • how best to ensure schools are properly accountable to pupils, parents and the taxpayer for the achievement and progress of every child, on the basis of objective and accurate assessments
  • how to ensure parents have good-quality information on the progress of their children and the success of schools
  • how to avoid, as far as possible, the risk of perverse incentives, over-rehearsal and reduced focus on productive learning
  • how to ensure performance information is used and interpreted appropriately within the accountability system by other agencies, increasing transparency and preserving accountability to parents, pupils and the taxpayer while avoiding the risk of crude and narrow judgements being made

The panel will publish its final report by June 2011.

You can read the full press release on the Department for Education website.



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