The Welsh Assembly approved the legislative process which would end key stage 2 testing (at age 11) in Wales.
Source: Press release 9 November 2004, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: WAG press release | Guardian report
Date: 2004-Nov
The Welsh Assembly government began consultation on proposals to discontinue the statutory national curriculum testing of children at ages 11 and 14, following the Daugherty report.
Source: National Curriculum Assessment Arrangements for 11 and 14 Year Olds, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 3056)
Links: Consultation document (pdf) | WAG press release | Daugherty report
Date: 2004-Sep
The Welsh Assembly Government announced (following a review) that key stage 2 (age 11) and 3 (age 14) tests would both be non-statutory in Wales from 2005-06.
Source: Press release 13 July 2004, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: WAG press release | Daugherty report | Guardian report
Date: 2004-Jul
A review group report recommended that current tests and testing arrangements for children aged 11-14 should be phased out by 2007-08. At age 11, there would be a set of 'skills tests' to focus on literacy, numeracy and problem solving. At age 14, assessment of all subjects would be by teacher assessment only. But a teaching union said that the previous removal of national tests for children aged 7 in Wales had resulted in more tests and more teacher assessment.
Source: Daugherty Review Group, Learning Pathways through Statutory Assessment: Key stages 2 and 3, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111) | Press release 17 May 2004, National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (0121 453 6150)
Links: Report | WAG press release | NASUWT press release | NUT press release
Date: 2004-May
The interim report of an independent review group in Wales said that statutory teacher assessments in the core subjects at the end of key stage 2 should be retained in broadly their existing form, but that statutory testing at key stage 3 should be phased out.
Source: Daugherty Assessment Review Group, Learning Pathways through Statutory Assessment: Key stages 2 and 3 - Interim report, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Report (pdf) | WAG press release
Date: 2004-Jan
