glojo
Hardcore MB Enthusiast
First off I am NOT criticising any of our children's excellent results.
I congratulate them on their achievements.
We have a few educators on this forum so please take the following as more of a question.
Schools only allow students to sit exams if the school thinks the pupil has a very good chance of passing?
If this is the case then if the worse school in the country only enters one student for the top grading and that student manages to get an 'A' grading......... Has the school achieved a 100% pass rate or am I missing something? I accept this might be an over simplification, but is there, or is there not any vetting taking place?
When these results are published can we find out how many students there are in that specific year and then can we see how many of this total number actually got grade 'A' in both English Language and Mathematics?
For a number of years I have been appalled at the very poor standard of both spelling and mental arithmatic but instead of confronting this huge problem it would appear that modern exams totallly ignore this issue and allow all sorts of aids?
I accept that the top levels at our schools are teaching to a higher standard than perhaps it was many years ago, but am I convinced that the average standard of education has improved?
Ask the average 13 year old to spell necessary, or beginning, ask them what 13 x 12 is and do not expect an instant reply.
John
I congratulate them on their achievements.
We have a few educators on this forum so please take the following as more of a question.
Schools only allow students to sit exams if the school thinks the pupil has a very good chance of passing?
If this is the case then if the worse school in the country only enters one student for the top grading and that student manages to get an 'A' grading......... Has the school achieved a 100% pass rate or am I missing something? I accept this might be an over simplification, but is there, or is there not any vetting taking place?
When these results are published can we find out how many students there are in that specific year and then can we see how many of this total number actually got grade 'A' in both English Language and Mathematics?
For a number of years I have been appalled at the very poor standard of both spelling and mental arithmatic but instead of confronting this huge problem it would appear that modern exams totallly ignore this issue and allow all sorts of aids?
I accept that the top levels at our schools are teaching to a higher standard than perhaps it was many years ago, but am I convinced that the average standard of education has improved?
Ask the average 13 year old to spell necessary, or beginning, ask them what 13 x 12 is and do not expect an instant reply.
John