‘More clarity’ needed on Scots school assessments
The Scottish Government must provide greater clarity over the purpose of standardised assessments in schools, MSPS have indicated.
Holyrood’s education and skills committee has been considering evidence from stakeholders over the use of Scottish National Standardised Assessments (SNSAS), which are completed by children online.
The assessments are taken by students in state primary schools in P1, P4, P7 and S3. In its report, the committee raised concerns over differing views they had heard on the use of SNSAS.
The Scottish Government has been asked by the committee to give clearer guidance on the role of the assessments and urged them to reassure parents, pupils and teachers the SNSAS were not “high stakes”.