More than just another brick in the wall

Sats answers published online...the second time in 3 weeks! Testing to go ahead despite leak

Pink Floyd's The Wall

News published by several media sources yesterday revealed that the Department for Education suffered a second major embarrassment after the answers for its Spelling, punctuation and grammar tests for 10 and 11 yr olds across england were published online.

When we grew up and went to school there were certain teachers who would hurt the children any way they could...

Despite the leak, testing would go ahead. A DfE spokesperson said the key stage 2 test of spelling, punctuation and grammar (Spag), which is compulsory for pupils in the final year of state primary school in England, would take place as planned but said its investigation would continue.

By pouring their derision upon anything we did and exposing every weakness however carefully hidden by the kids.

A whistleblower revealed to the Guardian that Pearson, the multinational education publisher responsible for administering the Sats, posted the tests a day early on a password protected site for test markers. According to the BBC website, a company statement said that "a small number of markers accessed the paper, although as contracted markers they are bound by confidentiality and have a duty not to share any papers. We do not have any evidence that the content of the paper has been compromised."

But in the town it was well known when they got home at night their fat, psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives.

John Fallon, Pearson CEO, said the company believed 102 markers had seen the paper in the four hours it was available. "Unfortunately, in this case we have made a mistake which we are very sorry for," he said.

We don't need no education.

The DfE said while the paper had not been put into the public domain, it appeared a "rogue marker" had then leaked the paper to the Guardian newspaper.

We don't need no thought control.

The new key stage 2 tests for 10- and 11-year-olds have also been widely criticised by teachers and parents who say they are too difficult for the age group. Last week parents across the country took their children out of school in protest at the tests.

No dark sarcasm in the classroom; teachers, leave them kids alone.

One experienced primary school headteacher said the new grammar tests would have stumped Jane Austen. “I have a degree in English language and there are a number of questions that I couldn’t answer,” she said.

Hey, teacher! Leave them kids alone! All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

Special thanks to Pink Floyd for a great album.