In a speech made yesterday, Wilshaw said that the early years curriculum was failing to prevent children from falling behind in education because it was "too broad an assessment".
He said the government should make the EYFS more like Sats, the national curriculum assessments that take place at the end of a child's second year of primary school.
Introducing earlier and more rigorous assessments would, he said, ensure teachers could measure children's progress.
“In my view, the current timing of national assessment, at the end of reception year, is too late. Children may have lost a vital year of learning by then,” said Wilshaw.
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