Education Reform

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 March 1988.

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Photo of Mr Kenneth Baker Mr Kenneth Baker , Mole Valley 12:00, 15 March 1988

I shall be pleased to send my hon. Friend a copy of Professor Black's report, which recommends that there should be assessment and testing at the ages of 7, 11, 14 and 16. He specifically refers to pencil and paper tests and gives examples of those. My hon. Friend will be glad to know that Professor Black also recommends that the results of the tests should be published—not the names of the individual children—so that parents can assess the performance of schools.