Raising Standards

Question 1

For

Answer 1

Tory-79-97: new vocationalism, ERA- national curriculum, SATS, league tables. New labour 97-10: 14-19 diploma, embedding literacy and numeracy, city acadmies, EAz, curriculum 2000 (increase in working class reaching FE). Coalition 10-15: free schools, expansion of academies, phonics testing in primary schools. Tory-15-present: expansion of academies, linear alevel as/gcse grading, expansion of grammar schools (didn’t happen)

Question 2

Against

Answer 2

2. Gender inequality-Kelly, Colley, Heston and Lawson (standards not raised for girls). 4. Functionalist and new right critique of LABOUR ONLY: Davis and Moore (criticise labour spending to raise standards as argue education is meritocratic and if minorities/girls worked hard they would achieve). 6.post- critical of COALITION as difficult to raise standards for all- usher et al (can’t raise standards for all if teaching happens via national curriculum and standardised testing-should be more diverse). 8. Liberal critical of TORY-illich