The petition set up on the change.org website by Early Education argues for the withdrawal of the introduction of baseline assessment in reception classes, and retaining the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Profile as the measure of children’s progress at the end of the EYFS.
The 'baseline' will be used to assess children starting Reception in September 2016, but a pilot year of the scheme will start in September.
There is widespread opposition among early years experts to the scheme and the petition has support from early years associations including TACTYC, the Early Childhood Forum, ‘Too much Too Soon’, and the Pre-school Learning Alliance and PACEY, among others.
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