Sunday, May 22, 2011
The impact of deprivation on education
This morning's Observer has an interesting item on the impact of deprivation on exam results, viewed through the ability of a child to access the internet at home.
Speaking as someone who was using log tables when I took my exams, calculators were not allowed and computers were only introduced into the school the year after I left, it is difficult to grasp the role of the internet today in exam revision. However, the e-learning Foundation say that 1.2 million teenagers log on to revision pages every week and that as a result they are likely to attain a grade higher in their exams.
Conversely, they also say that a million children's exam results will be on average a grade lower than their peers because they do not have this advantage. That is very worrying and underlines the case for a pupil premium to give these youngsters more support and class time, so that they can keep up.
Speaking as someone who was using log tables when I took my exams, calculators were not allowed and computers were only introduced into the school the year after I left, it is difficult to grasp the role of the internet today in exam revision. However, the e-learning Foundation say that 1.2 million teenagers log on to revision pages every week and that as a result they are likely to attain a grade higher in their exams.
Conversely, they also say that a million children's exam results will be on average a grade lower than their peers because they do not have this advantage. That is very worrying and underlines the case for a pupil premium to give these youngsters more support and class time, so that they can keep up.
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Why are you commenting n this sort of thing rather than on the real issue - the leadership of the LibDems?
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: 4:37 PM
I have no idea what you are talking about. And why dont you consider under achievement due to poverty and deprivation to be a 'real issue'?
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