Prime Minister Tony Blair is among those to have spoken in favour of schools randomly testing pupils.
"Whoever came up with that proposal needs to go away and think again," said Steve Sinnott, who succeeded Doug McAvoy as general secretary of the NUT last week.
Sinnott told Children Now he expected schools such as The Abbey School in Faversham, Kent, which recently announced it would randomly test pupils and teachers, to remain firmly in the minority.
"What goes on in schools depends on there being a significant degree of trust between teachers and children," he said. "The idea of random tests undermines that, and I think very few schools will wish to take it up."
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