Right. I know that GCSE results improve each year according to the grades people get. But does that mean the students are actually performing better? Is a student now better at thier GCSE subjects than a student a few years ago?
2007-01-08 22:57:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Standards & Testing
The answer to your question is that, in most subjects, it is impossible to make a true comparison. The results might be improving for the following reasons (or a combination of some of these reasons):
1. The exams might be getting easier.
2. There may be a greater coursework component.
3. The grade boundaries may have been lowered.
4. Students may be taking "soft options" e.g. fewer students taking hard sciences of modern languages.
5. Students may be getting brighter.
6. Teachers may be teaching better.
The government would like us to believe that reason #6 is the main reason and that schools are improving because of their education policies. However, few people in the education system really believe this.
2007-01-11 04:33:52 · answer #1 · answered by thepawnbrokerroared 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because a greater % of pupils pass each year does n't mean standards are rising.If the trend carries on before long 100% will pass.Does this mean everyone is clever? of course not.Two things have happened...1) the pass mark has come down,2) the exams are easier.
Anyone who disagrees should sit a 1971 O level paper (maths or science or similar academic subject) and also a 2006 GCSE paper.Compare the results.Some of today's A* pupils would struggle to get a pass in 1971.Some who just failed in 1971 could get an A* in the 2006 paper.
2007-01-09 03:16:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so.
I think the system used to be: anyone with a mark above a certain level (say, for example, 70%) got grade A.
Then it seemed to change: for example, the top 10% of students MUST be given a grade A, regardless of their scores. So, you could end up with a grade A covering marks of 50% upwards, depending on what the marks were that year.
there's certainly some manipulation of the figures going on, I don't believe that the results can keep going up and up
2007-01-09 00:18:07 · answer #3 · answered by toscamo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so I started my GCSE course last year and we haven't even had a maths teacher, he came in for the first week and has never been in since, so we've been having suppy teachers all year. So I think that's maths i'll be failing lol. Government don't atualy give a sh*t they just want to look good.
2007-01-09 04:04:07 · answer #4 · answered by Amy-xox 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The government were caught cheating a couple of years ago when they told examiners what percentage MUST get top grades.
The markers were passing some of the dumbest kids, and failing some of the brightest. They didnt even bother reading em !!!
Its all about making this commie government look good
2007-01-08 23:04:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i took my GCSEs last summer, and i am not going to try and say they were hard, they really were quite easy, not way too easy, but they should be harder. However the "easy GCSE" does show one thing -- never employ someone who failed them!
2007-01-09 06:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by Robert D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are going to understand once you have taken the examination. they are going to understand the year you ought to have taken the examination, and on the paper they are going to see the year you took the examination, sorry. good success x
2016-10-06 21:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-01-09 02:38:51 · answer #8 · answered by D B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋