[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

That's a no you can't back it up then.

Originally Posted by Withano

I cant find anybody who wrote an article about a kid prioritising their gcse coursework over their pisa score, no.

I know nothing about that test but I know I would be advising my kids not to waste time studying for a test that only makes a statistics list over their Junior Cert (similar to your GCSEs)

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I know nothing about that test but I know I would be advising my kids not to waste time studying for a test that only makes a statistics list over their Junior Cert (similar to your GCSEs)

I'm not convinced anyone would revise for a standards test of this kind since it isn't curriculum based so it might be unlikely to know what they might ask. I would imagine it's fairly general knowledge but I have no idea personally. My point was just that neither did anyone else talking to me in the thread so how can it be dismissed as not being a viable idea of standards.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I'm not convinced anyone would revise for a standards test of this kind since it isn't curriculum based so it might be unlikely to know what they might ask. I would imagine it's fairly general knowledge but I have no idea personally. My point was just that neither did anyone else talking to me in the thread so how can it be dismissed as not being a viable idea of standards.

A PISA score is simply just that, a PISA score. Education at the age of 15/16 is different across the world. It is a particularly challenging year for the UK. It is not a challenging year for the countries that consistently score high.
The idea that it happens every three years, and only in some schools, is in my opinion, and surely your opinion, dumb.
Some are encouraged to revise by teachers and parents, the UK are obviously not.
You're just missing so much contextualised data. 99.9%+ of children in Singapore are doing the exams in their first language
They are doing it without the stress of conflicting assessments
I honestly think you're being stubborn. If A levels / GCSEs go down significantly, you have an interesting thread. PISA 2015 results have no reflection on Scotland or the UK. They just dont.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I'm not convinced anyone would revise for a standards test of this kind since it isn't curriculum based so it might be unlikely to know what they might ask. I would imagine it's fairly general knowledge but I have no idea personally. My point was just that neither did anyone else talking to me in the thread so how can it be dismissed as not being a viable idea of standards.

Yeah that's true too, that test that they do in primary school for similar reasons at a national level, none of them study for