Polly Curtis, education editor Saturday July 5, 2008 The Guardian Thousands of schoolchildren may have to wait until the autumn for key test results after a company brought in to administer the tests failed to deliver on time. The schools secretary, Ed Balls, has been forced to delay the publication of test results for 1.2 million pupils and set up an urgent independent inquiry to document the errors which have disrupted the marking of national Sats tests for 11- and 14-year-olds. Results had been expected at schools by Tuesday. Most will now be a week late, but ministers last night admitted some pupils will not get their marks until after the summer holidays. The delay will be embarrassing to the government which weeks ago had promised the results would be in on time. It also raises questions about the publication of this...
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