Teachers get it handy!

[JimStynes]

First day back today. Can we get a big round of applause on Thursday nights please! #heroes

[ONeill]

All that Fortnite gone to waste now.

[delgany]

Saving face and dumbing down the slaughtering,he would've faced in the Assembly tomorrow. He just needs to lock the schools down again, for the full house !

[RadioGAAGAA]

GCSEs are harder, but for A-level, why did they not just extrapolate each individual pupil's results from KS3, GCSE and AS-levels (and any modules they'd been examined on already)?

That removes teachers, removes school bias etc, and bases it solely on the pupil's previous performance.



Regardless of what way they did it - they should have published the model months ago and allowed for review then. At which point everyone can say yay or nay and suggest improvements. A cloak and dagger approach was never going to go down well.

I believe Justin Edwards mentioned either they or the people building the modela didn't have KS3 data.

What the fuk.

Seriously. What the fuk did they think they were doing? They are the f**king education authorities. How do they not have the exam results data?


I'm not entirely against dismissal of all civil servants involved in this farce. Same as RHI. If they can be sacked by proximity to such a large fuckup, then perhaps in future a bit more effort would be taken.

How they [couldn't be bothered/figure out a means of] getting hold of KS3 results in the space of 4-5 months is utterly astounding.

[ONeill]

What KS3 results?

[Milltown Row2]

Been a while since they were about, my wife use to mark those for an extra few shackles

[CK_Redhand]

Are KS3 CCEA?  The models were built on UK wide data, maybe that's the problem?  There are many valid reasons why they could not get or use the data.

[delgany]

End of Key Stage 1,2 and 3 moderated assessments were the casualties of the teaching unions'  industrial action of the past 5 years.
They will be re instated at some stage , this school year , but who knows !

[RadioGAAGAA]

End of Key Stage 1,2 and 3 moderated assessments were the casualties of the teaching unions'  industrial action of the past 5 years.
They will be re instated at some stage , this school year , but who knows !

Ah - that I didn't know.

I thought that they'd continue with KS3 assessments as they were part of basic curriculum and would fall within basic part of job.

[Keyser soze]

Is it just my suspicious mind that makes me suspect that a similar algorithm has always been in place to advantage certain schools and is only now seeing the light because of the lockdown?

[johnnycool]

Is it just my suspicious mind that makes me suspect that a similar algorithm has always been in place to advantage certain schools and is only now seeing the light because of the lockdown?

There's something afoot alright.

There seems to be some form of "standardisation" going on all the time much akin to the methodology of the old 11 plus. It didn't matter how smart you were but if there were 15% of kids smarter than you you didn't get an A.

[armaghniac]

Is it just my suspicious mind that makes me suspect that a similar algorithm has always been in place to advantage certain schools and is only now seeing the light because of the lockdown?

Yes, it is just your suspicious mind.

[Estimator]

Only £3million from a pot of £50million for integrated education spent. Rest being returned/kept by the treasury. Another major failure by the minister and dept.

http://www.irishnews.com/paywall/tsb/irishnews/irishnews/irishnews//news/2017/02/06/news/almost-all-of-50-million-pot-for-shared-education-returned-to-treasury-920565/content.html

[NAG1]

Only £3million from a pot of £50million for integrated education spent. Rest being returned/kept by the treasury. Another major failure by the minister and dept.

http://www.irishnews.com/paywall/tsb/irishnews/irishnews/irishnews//news/2017/02/06/news/almost-all-of-50-million-pot-for-shared-education-returned-to-treasury-920565/content.html

How can that be a failure on part of the minister? He has plenty of failings in recent times, but he can't force people who don't want inegrated education to do so.

[Champion The Wonder Horse]

Been a while since they were about, my wife use to mark those for an extra few shackles

Interesting method of payment.