In Australia (maybe just NSW), the Basic Skills test is something you take twice, once in Year 3 and another time in Year 5. The Year 3 one prepares the child for the OC (oppportunity class) exam in Year 4 which decides the child goes to an elite school to complete primary education or not. The Year 5 one prepares the child for the Selective school exam which decides whether the child will go to an uber high school (the governments answer to private schools) or a normal one.

I did bad in both and still went to selective. Take that education system.