C grade skews learning
From the TES 29/10/10 posted by Jonathan Wells
Scrap them as performance measure, she says, while also criticising ‘simplistic’ league tables
The head of England’s exams regulator has called for ministers to drop all targets for schools related to the number of grade-C GCSE passes.
Isabel Nisbet, Ofqual chief executive, also dubbed the current school league tables “simplistic” [...]
Bye Bye SSAT?
Losing £13m of Government funding will surely mean the end of Specialist Schools Trust?
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Sec-Ed lead about diplomas
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The link above takes you to the first page story about Diplomas.
Vocational grade values too high?
A piece in the TES today argues that giving 4 GCSE equivalents to some vocational values them too highly.
Come on guys, this has always been the case but to lump BTEC and OCR Nationals (the main culprits) with Diplomas (really hard to pass) is daft.
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