Date published: 2008/07/03
The BBC says:
Primary schools in England should not be inflicting stress on seven-year-olds by treating national tests like exams, the children's secretary has said.
Ed Balls said Sats days should be like any other and that pupils should not be aware that they were being tested.
Now why does Mr Balls think that schools are "inflicting stress on seven-year-olds"? Could it be that schools are run by people who like to torture students? Or could it be that the government rewards schools that do well on exams and publicly humiliates those that do not?
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