They have long expressed their concerns that the tests do not give a true picture of pupils' attainment, encourage teaching to the test and put pupils under pressure.
She admits that pupils feel pressure ("Too much," grumbles a former parent. "We're ending up with a lot more children having to see psychologists about stress").
Pupils, intraocular pressures, and color vision were normal.
Pupils, intraocular pressures, and visual fields were normal.
Pupil size, blood pressure, and heart rate were analyzed using a t-test.
They say the tests do not give a true picture of pupils' attainment, encourage teaching to the test and put pupils under undue pressure.
That appears to have been effective: a recent survey by CfBT, a charity, found that 40% of schools reported a rise in the number of pupils studying languages.New pressure comes from universities, the pickiest of which like to admit polyglots.
Intraocular pressures, pupil examination and extraocular muscle movements were normal in both eyes.
Adverse effects include anxiety, aggression, paranoia, hyperactivity, reduced appetite, tachycardia, increased breathing rate, dilated pupils, increased blood pressure, headache, insomnia, palpitations, arrhythmia and others [ 1].
