Should schools concentrate on testing, or on fostering a love of reading?
Reading standards have barely improved since the 1950s despite billions of pounds spent on trying to raise English levels in primary schools, according to a review.
Pupils feel increasingly stressed about school tests and are losing their love for books, researchers for the Primary Review project found.
But schools ministers dispute the findings, which form part of the largest review of primary education for forty years and say primary standards were at their highest levels.
Are schemes such as the National Literacy Hour a good idea? Would it be better to concentrate on the love of reading? Do you have children in primary school? Are you a teacher? What are your experiences?
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