If teachers are allowed to contribute to the assessment of their pupils' progress then they are in effect being permitted to assess themselves and their school. What parents need when selecting a primary school for their child and what society needs is an objective measurement of how well each primary school is performing so that those schools which are failing to provide the basic skills required by every pupil starting secondary education can be identified and dealt with.
It may well make sense to use a floating three-year average to rank a school fairly but let's not confuse that with allowing the players to referee the match which is in effect what is being suggested here.
John Waghorne
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