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Originally Posted by Flyboy
Some, I would imagine, are concerned that many of their students will not pass their exams.
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You're probably right, although I doubt it's the majority of them or even a significant minority. And if the pupils don't pass the exams does this necessarily reflect badly on the teachers or the school (or anyone else for that matter)?
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Originally Posted by Flyboy
What do you think should replace them? How are parents (and just as important, the DCFS), supposed to judge how the schools are performing?
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I don't think anything should replace them. The education system seemed to manage okay before Sats were introduced and I don't think any parent who takes an interest in their child's education needs exam results to judge a school's performance. Nor do I think exam results are a good benchmark for a school's performance for anyone other than statisticians.
Just to clarify - my comment about parents who take an interest not needing exam results to judge a school's performance was not intended as a dig (in case it came across as one)! You obviously do take an interest and an active role in your children's education. Surely you'd know if their school wasn't performing up to standard?
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Originally Posted by Flyboy
Yet so many more seem to cope quite well.
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I didn't say they left because they weren't coping. They left because teaching has been replaced by endless exam-prep. Sats start at the end of infant school for crying out loud. Infants shouldn't be sitting exams of any kind - it's just wrong. And they have another 10+ years at least of exam preparation ahead of them.
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
It's about getting on with the syllabus but not about making sure that they have a basis to build on.Many,many times I've felt that a group have not grasped a subject in any depth before they are moved on to the next bit of the syllabus and the relevent boxes get ticked off
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Absolutely spot on!