Bali Haque: The failure of the National Standards systemANDY JACKSON/STUFF National standards did not make our education system better. READ MORE:* National Standards have officially ended in primary schools* National Standards will no longer exist* School Report: Figuring out life after National StandardsThe last government was keen to answer these questions, and part of its answer was to introduce National Standards in reading, writing and maths for children in their first eight years of schooling. Schools were required to set National Standards targets each year, and their performance against these targets was made public. Or putting it more plainly: assessing students against these National Standards probably did not make students better at reading, writing and maths. National Standards didn't really help them to any of that.

Source: Stuff February 27, 2018 01:30 UTC