| ??? 08/17/06 09:53 Read: times |
#122424 - Translation Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jez Smith said:
On the radio this morning a report about the latest a-level results where more people than ever are expected to get 57 'a' grades because they can spell their name correctly.Some apologist for the lower standards was saying that 'more people will get a passing grade,but its not because of lower standards but because of restructuring of the exams'Pull the other one. 'A' Levels are approximately SATs for our former colonial colleagues. And yes, the grades are seriously inflated. 25 years ago, only a fixed percentage would be awarded grades (A..F), so the pass mark would vary year to year, generally grades were stable. 20 years ago we went to a fixed pass mark. Now 96.6% actually pass the exams, and 26% are A grades. Funnily enough our engineering schools now have to do 4 year, not 3 year courses, with the first being remedial maths. When I did my A levels, having done "further maths" at A level, the first year maths was a walkover. Steve |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| yeah right | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Translation | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| the way it goes | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Maybe there is hope...? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| maybe | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Probably not possible | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| are you sure | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Education failing | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The real reason standards are dropping | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| And it may be | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Education | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| if you catch them, they may get depressed, | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Cheating | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| that sneaky old devil | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Poor babies | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, how dare you spaek such truth | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Actually... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I dont think its political | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What does that tell you... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It's been three giant steps backward | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Time passes | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| ...and things change | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Yes. Those newbies could and would read and write | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Youth | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| true | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What percentage can do ANYTHING accurately? | 01/01/70 00:00 |