The Global Search for Education: UK on Testing
Jan07

The Global Search for Education: UK on Testing

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Dschang “The English Baccalaureate has the merits of strengthening the general academic education of lower achieving students and removing useless, mostly quasi-vocational subjects.” — Michael Young   “It is time for the race to the bottom to end.  We believe it is time to tackle grade inflation and dumbing down.” — Michael Gove In the fall of 2012, the British Education Secretary, Michael Gove,...

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The Global Search for Education: Knowledge
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The Global Search for Education: Knowledge

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 “Schooling is a universal right.  It is about the right of all young peopleto have access to ‘powerful knowledge’… ” — Michael Young  Fueled by international test scores which indicate that the UK is lagging behind other nations in education, the British education debate has focused on a number of issues.  These include the nature of standardized exams and the weakness of the academic core...

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