School ‘league tables’ in England face delays
August 10, 2008
The school ‘league tables’ in England are likely to face some delay this year owing to the test marking problems. Jim Knight, Schools Minister, stated he expected the problems related to marking and appeal to delay publication.
According to provisional figures, 14-year-olds did better in maths and writing national tests but less well in science and reading this year. A detailed breakdown by local authorities is yet to be released as close to half the results were still missing in some areas. The schools minister was expecting the problems regarding the delivery of the tests to push back the timetable for publication.
Mr Knight said, “I think it is likely that it will not be published at the same time as last year because we have got a review process that is open for people to submit for reviews until September. That inevitably has consequences for the timetable (publication) and also being able to publish school results.”
The National Union of Teachers stated the decision of not releasing the local figures was understandable, but then none of the results should have got published in view of the questions over the marking by private contractor ETS this year.
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