Functional Skills Tests

I notice in today's TES that the new tests for 16 year olds in English planned for 2009 will now not begin until 2010 along with those in Maths.
It appears that the government is having difficulty in deciding ' what the test should assess'!
It is also noted that there will be a functional skills test in ICT. I wonder what the 'functional skills' will look like in 2010 considered against the exponential changes that is sure to take place in that time. A view of the current offering from QCA certainly shows a interesting edge towards generalisation. It will also depend on whether the institutions have managed to keep up-to-date with the technical and technological developments.