Irish Independent: Students in about 400 schools where the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) represents teachers have not yet done the school-based assessment, which is worth 10pc of marks in the new-style Junior Certificate English exam. While about 25,000 other pupils did what is known as the Assessment Task in December, ASTI members have refused to oversee it in their classrooms, as part of the union’s opposition to junior cycle reforms. Read article