Here is an interesting article on the Ministry of Ed's website comparing the idea of National Standards and it's "Evil Twin".
In reading the comparisons, I can see that the intentions in this country are firmly set on the positive potential of the concept and hopefully we Kiwis will take the noble path. However, if you line teachers and/or schools up and compare them based on test data certain behaviours, such as teaching to tests, may occur. I guess it will come down to how talented our school leaders are at managing it all.
I think NZ students are very fortunate to be learning in one of the world's most caring and enlightened educational systems... by comparison to others at least.
Enjoy learning, kidlets! You are very fortunate to be living and learning in this great country of ours at the bottom [or is it the top?] of the world. Let's hope we don't stuff it up too much for you.
:-)
National Standards Road Trip about trialling standards before trialling them on kids
NZEI website re standards being implemented
NZCurriculum online info about standards
3 comments:
Well, my Dad got a 'letter' from John Key and a pamphlet outlining national standards and they seem alright to me...
I think they're a reasonable concept. It just depends on the realities of how they're implemented and what happens in terms of schools being compared based on results, etc.
They actually just seem to duplicate alot of what was going on anyway. Maybe an attempt by National to stamp their mark on the education system?
Hopefully it will work out well for kids and families and teachers.
hopefully..
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