Janet Downs: The Doublethink of standards: zero-tolerance to failure but more pupils are expected to fail
The PM told the House of Commons Liaison Committee that Mr Gove was bringing in "a standards revolution" which would "raise the bar on failure. You have to be very tough on failure. You have to have great rigour in what we teach and the exams that we have. There should be no dumbing-down of standards, and we have to ... read more and comment →
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Latest comment by Sirkku Nikamaa-Berg: "Instead of increasing time for teaching, testing students more frequently and insisting on more homework, Finland has done the opposite. In primary and lower secondary teachers use various methods of formative assessment (evaluation for learning) in order to support student's ......"
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