Exams regulator quizzed about SATs by Huddersfield MP

Sep 10 2008 by Neil Atkinson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

ENGLAND’S exams regulator is to be asked by MPs to explain how a repeat of this summer’s national curriculum test fiasco will be avoided next year.

Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman will lead the inquiry which will ask Kathleen Tattersall, chairwoman of Ofqual and chief executive Isabel Nisbet what systems have been put in place to ensure next year’s tests run smoothly.

They were due to appear before a schools commons select committee today, which is examining the causes of the delays.

Committee chairman Mr Sheerman said: “Next year is going to be a difficult year, we want to hear from Ofqual what they believe the arrangements are that have been put in place by the Government and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.”