U.K. education Vs elsewhere

I was just wondering how you thought the assessment systems compared

So in the U.K. when you’re 14 you ‘pick’ your gcses- you pick 8ish subjects (everyone has to do English, maths, science etc…then you get some level of choice in geography, history, more vocational things) then at 16 you sit exams in all of them (2-3 exams in each) and that gives you your grades (no one passes or fails school/gets a GED it’s your specific grades/how many you get)- there is some coursework subjects but the % that plays is getting smaller and smaller.*

A- Levels are next (there’s also vocational courses which are different) for academic subjects, usually you pick 3 subjects, study if for 2 years and then again you sit 2-3 exams in each one which are on the full 2 years of content.

What I think makes it really different is it’s all set externally- teachers don’t know what is on the exams until after the kids sit it and have no hand in marking them—-teachers do mark coursework but then a sample gets sent off to the exams office and it’s moderated, if they don’t agree with your marking the whole cohort gets marked up/down.

How do you think that compared to USA and elsewhere?

Submitted June 11, 2023 at 02:15AM by hadawayandshite https://ift.tt/m7zfdK0