Parents and teachers say last week's Year 6 reading paper was so difficult it left children in tears.
Mr Gibb said the Standards and Testing Agency - which is part of the DfE - tested the paper last year "with a large group of children".
"They monitored the response of those children to the test, to the questions, they found that 85% [enjoyed] taking the test," he said. He said Sats "do have to test a range of ability to make sure that we can show what proportion of children are exceeding the standard"."The purpose is to test the range of ability and the Standards and Testing Agency is charged with making sure that these tests are appropriate for this age group."
He added: "I will certainly look at this because I know that there has been concern expressed by some schools."Standard Assessment Tests, or Sats, are tests that children take in Year 6, at the end of Key Stage 2. They are national curriculum assessments in English grammar, punctuation and spelling, English reading and maths.help measure pupils' progressproduce national performance data.
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