Perhaps we need to advertise the existence of ATEG. Mieke ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >The Times: Britain: >August 13 1997 >Grammar tests too tough for teachers >BY DAVID CHARTER > >Compulsory English grammar tests for 14-year-olds have been cancelled next >year after teachers said they did not know how to teach sentence construction. > >This summer's trial of the 50-minute exam, planned for all schools next >year, was taken up by only a quarter of secondaries. Protests from many >English teachers about the difficulty of teaching subordinate clauses and >adverbial phrases has convinced the Government to excuse most schools, >although 100 will be chosen to try out a modified paper. > >A spokeswoman for the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority said >yesterday: "We are extending the pilot tests for another year in grammar, >spelling and punctuation, to fine-tune them based on feedback from teachers." > >Copyright 1997 The Times Newspapers Limited.