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Prep kids as young as four to be graded from A to E angering parents and teachers
CHILDREN as young as four could soon be graded from A to E in report cards for everything from reading to science and history.
As part of a move towards a national curriculum, the state's Prep students will, for the first time, be subjected to the same grading as older students.
Parent and teacher associations have slammed the proposed grading system, warning it would place unfair pressure on Prep students.
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) chief executive officer Dr Peter Hill told a conference in Brisbane this week that Prep to Year 10 students would all be assessed under an A-E scale as part of "national achievement standards".
"The intention is that ACARA will provide advice that will assist teachers in consistently applying the A-E system of grades in a consistent fashion," he said.
Evidence would be obtained to ensure achievement standards were pitched at the appropriate level. Students would also be benchmarked against other "leading" nations. While Prep is not compulsory, students who attend are now measured against four broad criteria, including "becoming aware", "exploring", "making connections" or "applying".
Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations president Margaret Black feared children could be labelled at a very early age.
"Children in Prep need to be encouraged to be at school," Ms Black said.
"They need to feel their achievements, however large or small, are great achievements for them as they settle into a future of schooling."
Federation of Parents and Friends Associations of Catholic Schools in Queensland spokeswoman Carmel Nash was also concerned about labelling. "It is a very developmental stage where kids can develop very quickly . . . so why would we be labelling them at that point?" she asked.
Belinda Freiberg, whose five-year-old son Lucas was excited to start Prep this year, said she didn't think he was ready for the A-E assessment.
Mrs Freiberg said the planned system could be asking too much of children who were still so young.
When her daughter went through Prep at Albany Hills State School last year, Mrs Freiberg said her major concern had been making sure Amy adapted to the school system.
"Prep is about learning to form friends and being in a group environment," she said.
But Queensland Association of State School Principals vice-president Hilary Backus said some Prep parents did want A-E report cards, which were already used in Victoria.
The Queensland Studies Authority confirmed "achievement standards will be introduced to the Prep Year" statewide under the draft national curriculum. Draft minutes from the meeting between federal and state education ministers on April 15 stated further clarification had been asked of ACARA on their A-E system.
Queensland education sources said it was not yet confirmed whether Prep students would be given an A-E rating in this state.
An ACARA spokeswoman said it was up to the states how they reported back achievement standards to parents.
Progress reports are now passed on to Year 1 teachers and discussed with parents, but report cards aren't produced in all schools, with some only handing them out in semester two.
But it is understood some schools are already marking Preps on an A-E scale.
[ 本帖最后由 BOC 于 2010-4-30 13:13 编辑 ]
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在悉尼的公立kindergarten里不是已经这样做了吗？
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是的，Kindy的report上就是A-E的。
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这个report是一年一次的吗?
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新闻好像说的是QLD的事
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公立小学应该是一年一次
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拿到E成绩单的家长应该会很忧虑吧
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一般来说低年级小朋友很少会有E的。
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我女儿学校是半年一次。
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我不大赞成，毕竟有些小孩发育的慢，有些快。。四岁还太小了，这么早就贴标签对
孩子的自信心很有打击的。。
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哦，是昆士兰，那怪。
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