P-04-569 Stop National Tests for Primary School Children
P-04-569 Stop National Tests for Primary School Children
We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the
Welsh Government to remove national tests for primary school children.
Additional Information: I believe that National Tests for Primary
School children cause unnecessary stress and anxiety in young children.
Children should feel nurtured and positive in their attitude to school, not
pressured and anxious about doing well in an unrealistic exam environment that
only rewards those who perform well under such conditions, and punishes those
who do not. To set children against one another and force them to consider the
consequences of ’failure’ at such a young age is cruel. The National Tests are
also widely condemned by teaching professionals as an ineffective motivating
and measurement tool that does not work in determining a young child’s
potential and current state of knowledge.
Petition
raised by: Alexander Roberts
Date
Petition first considered by Committee: 15 July 2014
Number of
signatures :123
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 27/10/2014