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NEARLY 80,000 CHILDREN MISS A DAY OF SCHOOL EVERY WEEK “Alarming trend”, warns Commission on School Reform Over 210,000 miss a day every fortnight Problem worse at high school – 40% of pupils miss a day per fortnight The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank …
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Commission on School Reform warns against scrapping S4 exam diet and offers alternative solutions that can be implemented now The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, has released a new ‘challenge paper’ on assessment and qualification in Scotland’s schools. A report into exams and assessments …
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The Commission on School Reform submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s consultation “Prescribing the minimum annual number of learning hours“ The deadline to submit responses is 13 June 2023. The CSR’s response can be downloaded from the link below. Attachments CSR Submission: Prescribing the minimum annual number of learning hours
The Commission on School Reform submitted a response to Professor Hayward’s Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment. The deadline to submit responses has been extended to 13 January 2023. The CSR’s response can be downloaded from the link below. Attachments CSR response: Independent Review of Qualifications & Assessment
The Commission on School Reform submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s National Discussion on Education, which closed on 5 December 2022. The response can be downloaded from the link below. Attachments CSR response: National Discussion on Education
NEARLY 50,000 CHILDREN MISS A DAY OF SCHOOL EVERY WEEK New Freedom of Information research from Commission on School Reform Almost 140,000 miss a day every fortnight Problem gets worse as children get older The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, has today …
FREE THE TEACHERS TO RESCUE SCHOOLING, SAY EXPERTS The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today marks its 10th anniversary with the publication of a new paper calling for schools to be given more freedom from local and national politicians. The Commission’s paper …
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DISMAL ATTAINMENT FIGURES HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR CATCH-UP, SAY SCHOOL EXPERTS The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today reiterates its call for the Scottish Government to set up a catch-up programme for school pupils. Figures published last week show that the gap in …
SCHOOL CURRICULUM LACKS KNOWLEDGE, SAY EXPERTS The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, today calls for the acquisition of knowledge to take its place alongside the acquisition of skills in Scotland’s school curriculum. The Commission, which is composed of teachers and other education …
Commission on School Reform says examinations are still the best guarantee of fairness The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, has today released a new paper in which it says that anonymously marked examinations remain the best way of guaranteeing consistent standards in …