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Monday,
October 31, 2005
UK: Primary test
results indicate growing gender gap
Boys fell further
behind girls in reading, writing and mathematics at primary school this year,
according to the latest test results.
Just 51% of
11-year-old boys in
The latest
figures demonstrate that the growing gender gap is a much wider problem.
Overall, 57% of all pupils - boys and girls - reached the expected standard of
level four in their national curriculum tests this year. This was the same
proportion as 2004 but a rise from the 1997 level of 43%. Last month all six
teachers' unions united to demand a review of the primary school tests. They
said the regime of assessment for 11-year-olds was highly damaging to children's
education. Many primary schools spend 70% of their time just on English and
maths, "teaching to the test", the unions said. The government has been caught
in a row over whether the primary school test results accurately reflect
improvements in standards since Labour came to power.
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