Teachers vow to oppose introduction of baseline assessments

Baseline assessments, to be taken at the start of a child’s reception year in primary schools in England, were proposed last year.Teachers have vowed to oppose the government’s plans to assess children in the first weeks of school, as the country’s largest teaching union called for a boycott of pilot schemes planned for next year.The baseline assessments, to be taken at the start of a child’s reception year in primary schools in England, were proposed by the government la