CBI: Change is possible - but we must be clearer about what we ask schools to develop in students and for what purpose - 1 views
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Sirkku Nikamaa-Linder on 22 Nov 12Question: What are the goals set out on the political level? What does Gove want to achieve?
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In Finland, the goals of education are explicitly linked to competitiveness, research and innovation.
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This lack of a comprehensive statement of the achievement we are looking for schools to deliver is a key failing.
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One such school leader told us they had taken a conscious decision with one group of young people to focus on five key subjects and some life skills, knowing that the accountability system would score them down for it, as it expected eight qualifications from all students at that time.
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Our system should reward schools making brave decisions which focus on boosting long-term outcomes for pupils, not punish them.
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It should be able to survive changes of government and provide the test against which policy changes and school actions are judged
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shine the light on whether the system is truly addressing the needs of all students, rather than just the few required to meet a government target.
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thos and culture that build the social skills also essential to progress in life and work, and allow them time to focus on this
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Have a school accountability and assessment framework that supports these goals rather than defining them.
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An exclusive focus on subjects for study would fail to equip young people with these, though rigour in the curriculum does help
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Behaviours can only be developed over time, through the entire path of a young person’s life and their progress through the school system.
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Development of a clear, widely-owned and stable statement of the outcome that all schools are asked to deliver.
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resourcing these bodies to develop an approach based on a wider range of measures and assessments than are currently in use,