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I wonder if the reason some students feel like they are failing at year 12, is because they maybe should be doing trades, rather than doing year 12?Maybe we can have a system where every child goes to University, then we can make some money. ?Meanwhile we keep importing more and more skilled workers, the clever country, presenting chook fodder like this and calling it news. IMO it should be in the free advertising, for higher education section.?[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/principals-urge-education-authorities-to-scrap-atar-20230208-p5cirv.html[/URL]Victorian education authorities should scrap the ATAR for a less blunt measure of year 12 achievement, say principals, who argue it leaves too many students feeling like failures.The group of more than a dozen leaders from a diverse group of schools say the ATAR is increasingly “not fit for purpose”. They want it replaced with a system that better evaluates students’ academic and personal achievements.Record numbers of students are opting out of getting an ATAR and being ranked against their peers, while universities have also begun bypassing the system by making early and non-ATAR offers.The ATAR is a competitive ranking of VCE study scores between 99.95 and zero that is used for university entry.The principals, who represent a coalition of public and private schools, have outlined their concerns in a letter to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).“These arrangements no longer seem fit for purpose for many, perhaps most learners,” the letter states.Instead, year 12 students should be given a “learner profile” that also includes information about each of their interests, values and skills that are not assessed by the ATAR, such as communication, caring and creativity, they argue.The number of students completing an unscored VCE is growing annually, indicating more students are unwilling to put themselves through the stress of competing for a university place, the letter states.
I wonder if the reason some students feel like they are failing at year 12, is because they maybe should be doing trades, rather than doing year 12?
Maybe we can have a system where every child goes to University, then we can make some money. ?
Meanwhile we keep importing more and more skilled workers, the clever country, presenting chook fodder like this and calling it news. IMO it should be in the free advertising, for higher education section.?
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/principals-urge-education-authorities-to-scrap-atar-20230208-p5cirv.html[/URL]
Victorian education authorities should scrap the ATAR for a less blunt measure of year 12 achievement, say principals, who argue it leaves too many students feeling like failures.
The group of more than a dozen leaders from a diverse group of schools say the ATAR is increasingly “not fit for purpose”. They want it replaced with a system that better evaluates students’ academic and personal achievements.
Record numbers of students are opting out of getting an ATAR and being ranked against their peers, while universities have also begun bypassing the system by making early and non-ATAR offers.
The ATAR is a competitive ranking of VCE study scores between 99.95 and zero that is used for university entry.
The principals, who represent a coalition of public and private schools, have outlined their concerns in a letter to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).
“These arrangements no longer seem fit for purpose for many, perhaps most learners,” the letter states.
Instead, year 12 students should be given a “learner profile” that also includes information about each of their interests, values and skills that are not assessed by the ATAR, such as communication, caring and creativity, they argue.
The number of students completing an unscored VCE is growing annually, indicating more students are unwilling to put themselves through the stress of competing for a university place, the letter states.
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