Like them or loath them, 11 Plus exams have been with us for a long time. There are only a few regions in England now that still support the 11 Plus selection process as part of their educational provision. Most counties got rid of this kind of streaming decades ago. But there has been some talk about whether this selection system should be more widely introduced. Discussed on the programme Inside Out for Lincolnshire recently, it may well be raised again at next year’s elections and throws up serious questions all parents (and voters) should consider. Does the test set out to do what it’s supposed to do? The value of testing has been discussed here before and the same flaws apply to the 11 plus test. The most important being; children are ‘typecast’ on a day’s performance resulting in a self-fulfilling future based on one result irrespective of later progress; the segregation of opportunities and quality of education; children being coached to pass and ending up with an ed
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:48:29 +0000
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