Sats boycott: how were national results affected?
Monday, July 26th Most journalists –I like to think, at least – try to probe beneath the surface a little bit in seeking to get some insight into what is going on. Sometimes, this process can be frustrating, especially when evidence comes in which does not fit a pre-conception, hypothesis…or strong news line. Late last week, I had some experience of this when doing some number-crunching on this year’s national test results. I wanted to find out if the thousands of schools boycotting this year’s tests – some 26 per cent of the total – would have any effect on the national data generated atRead More →