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But Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, has publicly supported reintroducing formal tests for seven-year-olds.

The chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has urged the government to reintroduce formal tests for seven- and 14-year-olds "for the benefit of children".

Formal tests for pupils aged seven and 14 should be introduced to monitor standards and improve teaching, England's chief inspector of schools, says Sir Michael Wilshaw, reopening a debate about the use of testing in schools.

Formal tests for statistically significant differences were not performed in this study [24].

However, there are no universally accepted formal tests for construct validity.

Formal tests for the extra shape parameters in the BMO-W distribution can be performed based on LR statistics.

But Christine Blower, head of the National Union of Teachers, said that the call for formal testing for seven-year-olds was "an unhelpful step".

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said that the call for formal testing for seven-year-olds was "an unhelpful step".

Wilshaw also said that it had been a mistake to abolish formal testing for primary and early secondary school years pupils at key stages one and three.

The chief inspector also said that the government should consider formal testing for primary school children at the end of key stage one – age seven – to measure progress.

The framers recognized, of course, that a candidate's religion (or lack thereof) would enter political debate, and they were prohibiting only a formal test for taking office.