ASSESSMENT

Question 1

Gillborn (2008)

Answer 1

The assessment game is rigged so as to validate the dominant culture’s superiority.

Question 2

An example of a change to cause failure for black students?

Answer 2

In the past, baseline assessments were used to test pupils when they first started school. 2003, these tests changed to the FSP.

Question 3

Why did this cause failure for black pupils?

Answer 3

In one local authority, black children in the year 2000 had been the highest achievers, however after the introduction of the FSP in 2003, black children ranked lower than whites across all 6 measured developmental areas

Question 4

Why was failure caused for black children due to the FSP?

Answer 4

a. Because the FSP is based entirely on teachers’ judgements, whereas baseline assessments often used written tests aswell
b. The FSP is completed at the end of reception, whereas the baseline assessments were done at the start of primary schools