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Terms of Reference
REPORT SUMMARY
PREFACE
1 INTRODUCTION: NATIONAL TESTING
The need for national testing
2 THE PURPOSES OF TESTING AND FITNESS FOR PURPOSE
Fitness for purpose
Validity and reliability
Validity
Reliability
Information for the public
3 TARGETS AND PERFORMANCE TABLES
Targets
Performance tables
The pupil calculation
The school calculation
4 THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES USES OF TESTING
Teaching to the test
Shallow learning
Qualifications
Is teaching to the test detrimental?
Narrowing of the curriculum
The burden of testing
Pupil stress and demotivation
Grade inflation
Standards over time
Key Stage tests
14-19 qualifications
International evidence
Accountability through sampling
5 REFORM
Single-level tests: the Making Good Progress pilot
Personalised learning and Assessment for Learning
Progression targets
Diplomas
The extended project
The QCA, development and regulation
The Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator
Agency for the development of curriculum, assessment and qualifications
6 CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES (VOLUME II)
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE PRINTED (VOLUME II)
LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE DURING THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 169-II) Monday 10 December 2007 Monday 17 December 2007 Monday 14 January 2007 Monday 21 January 2007 Monday 28 January 2007 Monday 18 February 2007 WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 169-II)