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The event was organised in Westminster by More Than A Score.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Parliamentarians in the United Kingdom recently sat for a year six SAT exam and actually scored less than Britain’s average 10-year-olds, The Guardian<\/em> reported. The event was organised in Westminster by More Than A Score, a campaign that advocates for the scrapping of unnecessary tests. The exam was invigilated by 11-year-olds and was taken by MPs including Commons education select committee chair Robin Walker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The pressure in the room is palpable as MPs sit the #SATs exam in Westminster under the exact conditions Year 6’s experience #BSSI” the campaign group wrote on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The pressure in the room is palpable as MPs sit the #SATs<\/a> exam in Westminster under the exact conditions Year 6’s experience #BSSI<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/j5u5yhlpm1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 More Than A Score (@MoreThanScore) December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As per The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, only 44 percent of the cross-party group of parliamentarians dubbed the Westminster Class of 2022 achieved the expected standard in maths, while about 50 percent scored the standard in English grammar, punctuation and spelling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is far below what the children achieve in the United Kingdom. As per the outlet, this year, 59 percent of 10 and 11-year-olds reached the expected standard in the SATS test of maths, reading and writing. But in 2019, the last time this test was conducted, a higher number of students – 65 percent – achieved the expected score.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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More Than A Score hopes that the politicians will take this high-pressure experience away with them and realise that “the exams only judge schools but do not help children’s learning” at that age.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But while the campaign may not have successfully convinced MPs altogether to scrap the tests, it did make them acknowledge the pressure children face. Robin Walker acknowledged a need to reform exams for 10 to 11-year-olds. “There will always be a place for testing but that cannot be the be-all and end-all to accessing the most opportunity. Ultimately, it’s not just about testing but it’s how we develop their love of reading,” he said as per the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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