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Originally Posted by jaxie
I found the link I had meant to post, which was streamed on my tablet with the recent reports and I admit I confused it as an article relating to this weeks news. However in view of this week's news on Scottish Education it can't fail to be relevant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-38922338
"Researchers from the Sutton Trust think tank found a gap equivalent to more than two years in schooling for science, reading and maths between pupils from less well-off backgrounds in the top 10% of achievers nationally, compared to their equally clever but better-off peers.
'Major weaknesses'
The analysis used figures from the latest international Pisa tests - which Ms Sturgeon observed were actually carried out almost two years ago."
"In response, Ms Sturgeon acknowledged the report as an "important" one, but said the data it was using pre-dates her latest reforms." |
Yeh theres a huge gap between advantaged and disadvantaged, another reason that the pisa test is flawed, the random sampling method could select more or less of one of these groups from each country. Dont have much to add. An analysis on pisa scores is just that, the fact that it highlighted the attainment gap between social-classes isn't surprising, its the analyses that compare figures internationally that are pointless.