It is also banning calculators from national maths tests (known as Sats) taken by 11-year-olds.
Yet many parents feel it necessary to resort to coaching to boost SATs results.
There have not been problems with the controversial Sats on quite so widespread a scale before.
Critics, including many authors, had complained that the English Sats tests were killing children's natural creativity.
"He carried on studying at home and got 100% on his SATS, " she said.
More than 35, 000 Sats papers taken by England's 11-year-olds last May were sent back for re-marking.
The NUT claims the pressure to perform in Sats is damaging some children's mental health.
It doesn't sound as if Ms. Arbus spent much time studying calculus or cramming for the SATs.
They help the student set goals, prepare for SATs and ACTs, apply for colleges and much more.
You don't need a Doctor of Physiology to tell you that sats make children unhappy and stressed.
Sats, league tables, local and national exam targets, and Ofsted inspections are all still relatively new innovations.
Educational services such as teaching yoga, ballroom dancing or how to take the SATs are attractive, too.
Sats at age seven are only taken in England, and at age 11 in England and Wales.
Mr Balls would not be drawn on the future of the "Sats" tests in England's primary schools.
Lord Sutherland's report says the procurement process by which ETS was given the Sats contract had been sound.
Other familiar names of issuers include Jaden Corp, Echostar (NASDAQ: SATS), and L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL).
Like the next 400 schools, they were selected on the basis of their Ofsted reports and Sats test results.
They have taken their SATs, written admissions essays and sent in their applications.
Just over a million Sats tests in English and maths were taken by more than 500, 000 pupils in England.
The NAHT, along with the National Union of Teachers, was involved in a boycott of Sats by heads in 2010.
The expected level in Sats test is Level 4 - but these levels are themselves set to be scrapped from 2016.
The English Sats paper has attracted criticism in the past - and generally accounts for most of the requests for re-marks.
Thought experiment: How many American K-12 teachers and television talking heads scored higher than 600 on the math portion of their SATs?
And parents look at GCSE results, not SATs, when choosing secondary schools.
The next SATs will take place as scheduled, according to ETS, but it didn't rule out another cancellation if similar problems are discovered.
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The tables show how more than 14, 000 primary schools in England performed on a range measures linked to national curriculum tests, known as Sats.
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The report wants to scrap school league tables and sweep away the current Sats at age 11 in England (as has already happened in Wales).
He's a one-parent-household-ADHD misfit who scored 800 on his math SATs, dropped out of Caltech and never learned to shave or tie his tie properly.
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