School. Since the rating was introduced in grade 6, it has become easier for teachers to identify pupils who need extra support. But in many cases are put support never, shows Swedish national agency for Education.
– It is very, very serious, ” says manager Cecilia Sandberg.
Score for sjätteklassare was introduced in the autumn of 2012 and the national agency for Education has now evaluated the reform. It is not possible to establish whether the ratings have had a real effect on pupils ‘ results. However it is possible to show how the teachers perceive the change and how the students responded in terms of motivation and stress. And the picture is mixed, notes the agency.
More justified
positive hear that 46 per cent of teachers believe that the grades made it easier to identify pupils in need of support. The negative: Nothing indicates that the reform led to that more pupils de facto are supported.
– It’s surprising to us that so many students are several years in school and do not achieve the qualifying score and still not be given special support. It is very, very serious, ” says Cecilia Sandberg.
Statistics show that among the students who had F in math in grade 6 was the half that still had the F in the 9th grade. The evaluation also shows that, of the students who had F in math in grade 6 had such a high proportion of which half have not received a programme in grade 8 or 9.
– this is very serious figures, and we will continue to investigate why the aid did not materialize, ” says Cecilia Sandberg.
Evaluation points at the same time that the grades seems to bring motivation. Eight out of ten students report that they work harder for the grades in sixth grade were introduced. On the other hand, creates the ratings also stress. Almost eight out of ten teachers say that students are more stressed after betygens introduction. And they are not less stressed at the high school, compared with students who received the score from the 8th grade. “There is thus nothing in this evaluation that suggests that the betygsstressen in the higher grades may be attenuated by the students vänjs at the score from an earlier age,” writes the Swedish national agency for Education.
Give up
Those that seem to take most advantage of grades are the students who have problems in school. More than half of the teachers think that the high performing students ‘ knowledge is higher after betygens the introduction, while the corresponding figure for low achievers is only 25%. Twelve percent of the teachers responding to the underachievement of pupils ‘ knowledge development have become lower. Several teachers commented that the pupils who find it difficult to reach the targets likely to lose motivation or give up.
– There is a likvärdighetsproblematik in this, it is quite clear, as high-performance benefit more than low achievers, ” says Cecilia Sandberg.
the Agency’s conclusion is thus that the score in the grade six provides both advantages and disadvantages.
– But we see that it is not enough score to secure the particular support is inserted. The grades in themselves do not change the school environment in terms of resources and specialist expertise, ” says Cecilia Sandberg.
the FACTS
Score in 6th grade
Since the autumn semester of 2012 are put score from the grade 6. The justification for the change was the grades would lead to an earlier and clearer follow-up of students ‘ knowledge.
Agency evaluation four years later, based on surveys with about 2,000 teachers, less than 500 school principals and about 400 skolhuvudmän – municipalities and responsible for the private schools. The response rate was approximately 80%.
the Survey was carried out in spring 2016.
Also, the data from the study “Attitudes to school”, as well as interviews, research, and statistics have been the basis of the evaluation.
In the spring had more than 79.2 percent of sixth-graders passing grades in all subjects. In mathematics had a 90.6% a passing grade (A-E).
Source: Swedish national agency for Education
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