England's school tests and exam league tables are to be changed radically as part of a drive to put more focus on individual pupils' progress. Ministers accept the recommendation of an expert review that children should be tested when they are ready rather than at fixed ages.
The Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, is expected to announce changes to the national tests early next week. The government wants radical change in classrooms to "personalise" learning.
Schools Minister Jim Knight told a conference in Preston he wanted a system in which no child was stuck in a rut or fell behind. He was speaking after the publication of a government-commissioned report on the issue, which also recommended a "learning guide" for every child.
The Gilbert Review said there should be an urgent review of the national curriculum and of exams, to report by next September. It said the government should use its 2007 comprehensive spending review to introduce a national and school-level "aspirational target" for there to be no "stuck" pupils.
The focus should be on raising the rate of progress between the different stages of education.
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