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Given massive disparities in provision for kids during #coronavirus will it be possible to run fair exams in Sept 2021? How will me make up some of the re-widening of the & #39;disadvantage& #39; gap caused by #COVID19
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crisis? My latest with @bethanstaton 1/ https://www.ft.com/content/50fcc605-674d-4630-9718-d3890eccffbf">https://www.ft.com/content/5...
First the & #39;attainment gap& #39; itself which @EducEndowFoundn @BeckyFrancis7 estimates will give up gains of last decade...it was always there, but most disadvantaged least able to cope with overnight move to distance learning hit hardest. /2
And of course, as Jane Fletcher of @aldridgeonline points out the kids most in need of remedies - extra classes, summer schools etc - are those least like/able/equipped to take advantage - Aldridge found 27% fewer pupil premium kids attending online class. Now fixing...not easy/3
Then there is the HUGE gap between
a) private v state kids
b) better-off state kids v disadvantaged state kids
As @profbeckyallen
@TeacherTapp finds...6% state secondary schools say they hosted a live-streamed lesson, compared with 74% in the private sector /4
a) private v state kids
b) better-off state kids v disadvantaged state kids
As @profbeckyallen
@TeacherTapp finds...6% state secondary schools say they hosted a live-streamed lesson, compared with 74% in the private sector /4
So given that all students are marked against their year cohort in GCSE& #39;s can there really be & #39;fair& #39; exams in 2021?
At moment presumption is to get kids back in Sept and & #39;fix& #39; the learning loss, but as I researched this piece, started to wonder if that is really possible /5
At moment presumption is to get kids back in Sept and & #39;fix& #39; the learning loss, but as I researched this piece, started to wonder if that is really possible /5
Point 1, do we really think schools are going back fully in September? That& #39;s current plan/ambition but if its not possible in June/July (govt currently has ambition for & #39;some& #39; face time for Y10s) why will it be possible in Sept or Nov? /6
As @profbeckyallen asks: “If we’ve had significant disruption that has impacted some kids much more than others, to what extent can you make that up? There is a limit, if private school kids had 100s of face-to-face teaching hours and state school kids have had next to none.” /7
One thought - and Dept of Education are talking to OfQual on this I understand - is to shrink the curriculum so there is less to catch up on.
OR maybe have & #39;options& #39;, so students all answer core stuff, but can choose to answer Qs on topics they have had time to cover? /8
OR maybe have & #39;options& #39;, so students all answer core stuff, but can choose to answer Qs on topics they have had time to cover? /8
But even so, as @natalieperera1 of @EduPolicyInst notes: “The way in which children are learning at the moment is massively variable. There’s no consistency and there’s no framework from the government about what should be expected.” /9
These are huge issues and they cut across state and private provision.
State school kids are getting & #39;online& #39; learning - work is being set, marked and returned - but at hugely varying levels, depending on access to devices/parental support etc. /10
State school kids are getting & #39;online& #39; learning - work is being set, marked and returned - but at hugely varying levels, depending on access to devices/parental support etc. /10
The Institute for Fiscal Studies, a think-tank, found that children from the richest fifth of families were spending over 75 minutes more than their peers in the poorest fifth of households on educational activities. /11 https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14848">https://www.ifs.org.uk/publicati...
I find myself wondering (no intel here!) whether, having done one & #39;coronavirus& #39; year where GCSEs and A-Level grades are done by teacher assessment, there won& #39;t become a growing clamour for a second one from parents who feel their kids aren& #39;t getting fair shot. /12
