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[transcendent]

Some of you have already read the articles about the new nationalisation of student competency reports. The SMH is doing a report this week on each subject for the state. What do you think about the introduction of national ranking of student competencies?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sudden-maths-slump-in-year-7/2005/08/15/1123958005491.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...nst-their-peers/2005/08/15/1123958005658.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...ats-multiplying/2005/08/15/1123958005679.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...-simple-formula/2005/08/15/1123958005685.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/money-savviness-taken-into-account/2005/08/15/1123958005682.html

 

[Xayma]

Against the ranking of them in the class, at least until the Senior Years.

There is no guarantee that the classes are of average ability, and it can lead to confusion.

What might be 20/30 in one class might be 2/30 in another.

 

[Scanorama]

The ranking class wont work, if you are in the lower-rank class, you are likely to be stuck with the class for the rest of the high school.

 

[HotShot]

Yes But If You Are At The Top, You Will Be Pushed Further Ahead And Made Into Einstein! And Newton!

Hmm.. Look Mixing Em Up Makes Little Diff, And They Should Have A Class Mixed And Another Class Fiiled With Smart Guys..

These Smart Guys Are Part Of Both Classes! --they Are Just Diff Subjects.

 

[transcendent]

when it's capitals in every word it means that the person was trying to capitalise ALL letters but the admins made it so that if you HAVE ALL YOU TEXT IN CAPITALISED LETTERS then it will change it so that only the first letters have capitals.

 

[braindrainedAsh]

We had ranked classes all the way through at my high school.

It worked well for the people in the upper classes, but didn't benefit people in the lower classes, so they experimented with a few different things- like the top 3 classes were ranked, and the bottom 3-4 were just mixed, and that worked pretty well because then people could move through things at a suitable pace. I think that system worked well, because it allowed the smarter kids to extend themselves, but didn't let the students who were performing below average be stuck in classes full of kids who weren't willing to learn, they were mixed in with students who would fit in the "average student" category so it was better for them all.

 

[Riewe]

We had ranked classes all the way through at my high school.

It worked well for the people in the upper classes, but didn't benefit people in the lower classes, so they experimented with a few different things- like the top 3 classes were ranked, and the bottom 3-4 were just mixed, and that worked pretty well because then people could move through things at a suitable pace. I think that system worked well, because it allowed the smarter kids to extend themselves, but didn't let the students who were performing below average be stuck in classes full of kids who weren't willing to learn, they were mixed in with students who would fit in the "average student" category so it was better for them all.

That's what we had in science in high school. And i think maths as well, and i think it had the effect that you are talking about.

But with the rankings into percentages, someone could be getting 90% in everything they do, but everyone else is >90%. Therefore this 90% student is at the bottom of the class. So on one hand, they may be a straight A student, but are in the bottom percentile. This is why i thinking this type of ranking is useless

 

[transcendent]

Also the questions could have been incredibly easy or it could've been an open book examination.

 

[HotShot]

You would fail literacy as you put a capital on every damn word.

Edit: I can't see how someone can be bothered putting a capital on every word.. Unless its like a disorder or something.

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PPL WITH DISORDERS, CAPTILIAS