In May, a Children, Schools and Families Select Committee report urged the government to scrap so-called "high-stakes" assessment in favour of a less target-driven approach.
However, the government and Ofsted's official response, published yesterday (21 July), does not include the report's key proposals, said committee chairman and Labour MP Barry Sheerman.
He told CYP Now: "As usual, the government's immediate response has been rather disappointing. The government still has its head in the sand and has refused to bite on the core bits of our report."
Sheerman said Ofsted has overwhelming evidence that the existing assessment system does encourage teachers to "teach for the test", which is detrimental to the long-term education of children.
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