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British students will have one less test to take. Education Secretary Ed Balls said yesterday that the Government was scrapping its national testing of 14-year-olds in maths, reading and science.
British parents and teachers have complained that kids are over-tested and that non-tested subjects are getting squeezed out.
The tests being scrapped have generally been used to judge how well schools are doing moving kids along.
The Government says there will be a stepped-up effort to assess teachers and increase reports to parents.
