Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many countries currently conduct testing of four year olds.

The Department for Education does not hold information on how many countries currently conduct testing of four-year-olds.

There is a variety of international sources on Early Years. Information on this subject has been published online by the European Commission:

eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/key_data_series/166EN.pdf