Reflections on the final report of Lord Bew’s KS2 assessment inquiry
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 I should begin this blog post with a note of slight regret. It gives me no pleasure to be writing something which is critical of the Bew report, especially given the courtesy with which Lord Bew treated me in giving evidence to the review. He invited me to do so, and even wrote me a handwritten note to thank me afterwards. The review’s interim report, published in April, was, I thought, a largely impressive synthesis of evidence on this subject which gave me hope that, whatever the outcome and whatever the constraints of the remit, the issues would be given aRead More →