The test paper that left children in tears last week because it was so difficult has been revealed
, with adults saying even they had to think about the right answers. There have been complaints about the Year 6 reading paper which children aged 10 and 11 had to sit last week.
One was part of a story about friends who believe they have come across sheep "rustlers". Another was an interview about bats in Texas, on an article from the New York Times. Gillian Hillier, chief executive of the Standards and Testing Agency , said this year's papers were "trialled with thousands of pupils" and had been developed over "at least three years".
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