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Call to scrap the Reception Baseline intensifies

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2021
  • | Nursery World
The introduction of Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is ‘misguided’ and should not go ahead in September, according to a united call for action from hundreds of head teachers, academics, writers and parents.

Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

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  • Thursday, June 25, 2020
  • | Nursery World
The Reception Baseline has been postponed for a year to autumn 2021 due to the ‘challenging circumstances’ schools face with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has announced, in a move welcomed by campaigners.

DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review

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  • Wednesday, May 6, 2020
  • | Nursery World
Controversial plans to test four-year-olds in English and maths when they start school in September are ‘under regular review’ by the Department for Education, in light of the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Campaigners dismiss DfE Baseline research

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  • Monday, September 16, 2019
  • | Nursery World
Campaigners calling for the Reception Baseline Assessment to be scrapped have dismissed DfE research, which claims to show a clear link between children’s test results at the age of four and Key Stage 1 scores.

Baseline pilot go-ahead sparks outcry

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  • Friday, March 1, 2019
  • | Nursery World
The move by the Department for Education (DfE) to press ahead with the Reception baseline and invite schools to take part in a trial of the assessment, starting in the autumn, has been met with frustration from the early years sector.

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