§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what evaluation he has made of the results of the national curriculum key stage 3 assessment of students in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe key stage 3 assessment results arising from this summer's voluntary national pilot exercise in mathematics and science were published at the all-Wales level by the Minister of State on 20 October. Copies of the results were sent to all LEAs in Wales. The results were not published from the much smaller number of schools included in trials of test material in English, Welsh, Welsh second language and technology.
The 1992 pilot and trial assessment arrangements are being evaluated by the School Examinations and Assessment Council in preparation for the introduction of the first statutory assessment of pupils in all these subjects during the summer term 1993.