Catherwood LibraryILR School

The National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Head Teachers, two unions which represent teachers in Britain are calling on the government to stop giving standardized tests to around 600,000 middle schoolers. The two unions are planning on calling for a vote of their members on whether or not to boycott the standardized tests known as 'Sats'. The two unions say that the tests make teachers spend time preparing kids to take them, and that the results are used in ways that just end up harming students in the end. A representative of the government said that the unions claims were false and that the tests are educationally helpful.