§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department has commissioned any public opinion research on parental attitudes to assessment of seven-year-olds.
§ Mr. EggarThe Department has commissioned market research into the format for reporting the progress of five to 14-year-olds to their parents which was issued to all schools earlier in the year. The School Examinations and Assessment Council (SEAC) has also, at Ministers' request, commissioned market research into the reporting to parents of the results of the pilot tests for 14-year-olds deployed in a sample of secondary schools this summer.