A study commissioned by the former Department for Children, Schools and Families and published under the current government, found that among practitioners, there was "criticism of the levels required" by the communication, language and literacy, problem solving, and reasoning and numeracy goals.
But the Practitioners’ Experience of EYFS concluded that the framework does receive high levels of support from all practitioner groups.
The study stated: "Practitioners from different groups in the sector report very different experiences of assessing children. The tensions and pressures that assessment can create, understandably intensify as children approach the end of the foundation stage.
"For many of those working with the youngest children, assessment is clearly a pleasure and an integral part of their daily experience; for some of those working with the oldest children, the engagement with external expectations and requirements is reported to be overwhelmingly demanding."
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