The money spent on its 4, 615 bureaucrats could be better spent by the states on teachers.
The unions say the tests should be replaced with a voluntary system based on teachers' assessments.
Creating an exam-lite system based largely on teachers' assessments will be a huge and costly task.
The minister also answered questions on teachers' workload, literacy and numeracy levels and the Welsh-medium education Strategy.
America spends a lower proportion of taxpayer funds on teachers and more on other staff than other wealthy nations.
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She said attacks on teachers can be premeditated and leave them feeling humiliated and emotionally and physically damaged.
The suggestion by the Local Government Association of "signing-on fees" targeted on teachers in shortage subjects wins his approval.
As such, schools might want to "grasp the nettle" by spending on teachers and making savings on teaching assistants.
They have argued that the intention is to break up national pay deals and cut spending on teachers' pay.
This will put pressure on teachers to rely on rote learning without understanding.
The figures equate to three attacks on teachers in the city every week.
To improve the quality of learning, we need a new deal on teachers.
He said ministers had received the detailed recommendations of the School Teachers' Review Body on teachers' pay from September 2008.
Republicans have a long history of union-busting and anti-labor rhetoric, but taking on teachers and cops is a big mistake.
There have been false allegations of "inappropriate behaviour with a pupil" and attacks on teachers' professional ability, according to the survey.
But they have their guard up as the pressure on teachers grows.
It equates to three attacks on teachers in the city every week.
This placed "considerable pressure" on teachers, students and the system in general.
"But it's been open season on teachers for too long, " he said.
Schools in the action zones may be allowed to drop both the national curriculum and the national agreement on teachers' pay and conditions.
The workshop is organized by UNESCO Dakar, in partnership with IICBA, UNESCO Headquarters and the International Team on Teachers for EFA (Task Force).
The number of politically and ideologically motivated attacks on teachers, students and school buildings is rising, says the UNESCO report Education Under Attack 2010.
But she has also said that her union, which has some 1.5 million members, is ready to fight any attack on teachers' job security.
Lawyers for the Boston School Committee disagree, and have been calling on teachers, former pupils and administrators to testify to the merits of diversity.
This would avoid the need to find supply teachers to replace staff being trained - but has prompted concerns about further pressures on teachers' time.
"These proposals place virtually unlimited discretion on teachers' pay in the hands of head teachers at a time when unfairness and discrimination are already rife, " she said.
The Department for Education in Westminster submitted its proposals to the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB), which makes recommendations on teachers' pay for both England and Wales.
And there is a hierarchical bureaucracy imposing that on teachers.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the Nasuwt, which is meeting in Bournemouth, said there had been a "relentless attack" on teachers and that government policies were damaging children's education.
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