Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the evidential basis of the effectiveness of baseline assessments.
Before the introductions of the new baseline assessment in autumn 2020, there will be a trial and extensive pilot. Data produced in the trial and pilot phases will be evaluated to ensure that it is suitably accurate and reliable enough to be used for the new end-to-end progress measure.
Our research report, cited in the primary assessment government consultation as evidential basis, is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318052/RR344_-_Performance_Indicators_in_Primary_
Schools.pdf.