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30-05-12: Exam Boards are too Commercial
Is it right that exam boards are run as businesses? Making money from endorsements of particular text books, and from courses run by examiners for teachers to attend? Some people think not. They think the commercialisation of examinations damages their integrity.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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28-05-12: SPAG test row
Teachers and ministers are once again at loggerheads over a plan to introduce SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) to the SATs testing that already takes place. Costing millions to administrate, teachers argue that the money would be far better spent elsewhere and that teachers should be left to assess the SPAG capabilities of their pupils without government interference.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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23-05-12: Science A Levels Examine a ‘Worrying’ Amount of Maths.
Another day and another article about how A levels fail to prepare students for university life. This time it’s the Sciences which are feeling the force of public inquiry. In a report published on 27th April 2012, Judith Burns, Education reporter for the BBC, writes on the recent Score report which states that little of the Maths required for further study of the subjects is covered in A level courses and examinations.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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21-05-12: Exams easier now than 10 years ago.
A report on the BBC Education website yesterday (01/05/2012) states that a review of Biology, Chemistry and Geography examination papers has shown a decline in standards required;
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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16-05-12: Poor showing for State Schools in Grayling’s College
The TES reports today that Grayling’s New College has offered places to 91 students for a September start, only 22% of which will be from state schools. From an application pool of 350 the 91 students were chosen and offered places because of their potential to achieve 3 As at A level or at least AAB.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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14-05-12: Affluence a Factor in 11+
In an article today on the BBC News Education pages, Hannah Richardson reports that Buckinghamshire Council has apparently caused outrage in advising a school not to use the 11+ exam as a means of ensuring a ‘broad spread of abilities’ is admitted.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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07-05-12: Teaching to the Test
Laura Klein, a teacher from the Bronx, regrets the fact that her students are led to focus so much on standard tests in the school year that this becomes their only motivation for learning.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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01-05-12: Special Tutoring Skills
Children with special tutoring requirements are often the ones who suffer at school, not from a want of intelligence but from a lack of ability to respond in the same way to a teaching style which is directed at the majority, as indeed it must be.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.