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April 03, 2010 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 12:16 PM

Back in 1995, the American Federation of Teachers, wishing to establish exactly what “world class standards” are, published a number of booklets in their “Defining world Class Standards” series. None of the documents is in print today unfortunately, nor are they available on-line, but we do have some of them in our library available for borrowing.

Click here for an excerpt from “What Secondary Students Abroad are Expected to Know: Gateway exams taken by average-achieving students in France, Germany, and Scotland”. The excerpt is the English exam given to German grade 10 realschule students (realschule is the middle of three academic tracks) in 1994; approximately 44% of all students passed this exam. An additional 25% passed the more demanding gymnasium examination. After looking over the sample responses, ask yourself whether Ontario students could do as well if given this test in their native tongue.

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Most Ontario students would not be able to pass this test.

Posted by Bev on 04/04 at 03:46 PM

Here’s a short description of the French system
http://www.lft.ca/wp/?page_id=7

- see either the english or the french links to primary school and Baccalaureate.

The Lycee Francais de Toronto teaches the French national curriculum.

PS: If you look through the links it will take you to links in France describing the Baccalaureate exam.
Compare to Ontario’s high school graduation requirements!

Posted by fromEurope on 04/05 at 06:42 AM

Impressive!

If my son is going to know French at this level I’m going to be really happy.

These are the type of tests or exams that we shoud have; tests that test not just aptitude but knowlege.
Tests that are not multiple choice and where one can’t pass just by making educated guesses while going through the questions.

What was interesting for me in the example was the spelling and the grammar in the answers.
My opininion is that is better than 50% of our high school students.

I would welcome some other examples of tests and exams either from other countries of from Ontario’s past.

Posted by fromEurope on 04/06 at 06:41 AM

I have a couple of tests here that I could scan for Malkin.  One’s a grade 9 math test and the other a history test, written by the teachers teaching the subjects.  They’re from the 90’s when my kids were in highschool.
Of course there’s no province-wide standardized testing, so who knows what other tests look like?  Even so, I still think direct comparisons are an excellent way to go…

Posted by Bev on 04/06 at 06:13 PM
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