Earlier this year the Profile was extended until the 2016-17 academic year by the Standards and Testing Agency, after the Baseline which was intended to replace it, was scrapped.
It has now been extended further.
The latest results of the Profile published today (Thursday) also show that children are completing Reception class with improved development.
Yesterday, education secretary Justine Greening confirmed in a written statement that there will be a consultation in the new year in which the Government will set out steps to improve and simplify primary assessment arrangements.
The education secretary acknowledged that the ‘pace and scale’ of changes to primary assessment had been ‘stretching’.
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