Children’s anxiety about tests increases as they progress through primary school, according to a major new study. The sixth report in the Children’s School Lives (CSL) series, a groundbreaking study into the lived experience of school children, has found that by fourth class, children had started to report higher levels of test anxiety. The latest report in the immersive and longitudinal research project focuses on the experiences primary school children had with curriculum and assessments from 2019 to 2023. It has conducted research with over 4,000 children, parents and teachers across 189 Irish primary schools. While there were fairly consistently positive views towards maths and English in older and younger primary school children, the study found more negative views towards Irish.

Source: Irish Independent December 11, 2023 11:59 UTC