HC Deb 23 February 1988 vol 128 c120W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will initiate a study on the implication for teachers' working time arising from the recommendations of the assessment and testing group's report;

(2) if he has assessed the cost and resource implications of the task group's report on assessment and testing; and if he will make a statement;

(3) what is his estimate of the cost of implementing the recommendations of the assessment and testing group, arising from his answer of 12 January, Official Report, column 205.

Mrs. Rumbold

My right hon. Friend has invited the task group on assessment and testing to undertake a more detailed study of arrangements for implementing and administering the national assessment system proposed in its recent report. The group's advice on this, and public reaction to its report, should enable the organisational and resource implications to be gauged.