The UK government introduced a test to check how children were progressing in phonics. Teachers were told the pass mark to aid in assessment, but the national r

The UK government introduced a test to check how children were progressing in phonics. Teachers were told the pass mark to aid in assessment, but the national results showed a remarkable bump for exactly the pass mark: https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phonics-check-needs-rethink-after-data-shows-something-dodgy/ https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phonics-check-needs-rethink-after-... The government decided to not share the pass mark ahead of time for tests in future years. I attended a conference that year at which the Education Secretary gave a keynote to an audience of educators; he got booed for not trusting teachers as a result.