Most of the information for parents on schools' performance comes from the standard-assessment tests (SATs) in English, maths and science that children used to take at seven, 11 and 14.

给家长的关于学校工作情况的大部分信息来自英语、数学、科学标准评估测试，通常是7岁、11岁和14岁的孩子参加这些测试。

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What is truly revolutionary about Crawford is the proposed remedy: Parents of kids attending failing schools would be permitted to take the pro rata share of public money spent on their children and use it to pay for them to attend other schools, public or private.

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If Mr Blunkett really wanted to be radical, he could create zones where private firms take over the entire running of schools, or ones where parents get vouchers to spend either at state or private schools.

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Issuing fines is one of the last resorts for schools to deal with absence problems, including parents who take their child on holiday during term time without permission from the school.

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