Note how school students from one country to another – Cross

What is the common point between South Korea and Quebec? Both note on 100. What is the country where the placement of students in the class is banned by law? Sweden. What is the one in which secondary school teachers regularly assign negative notes, with a scale of 12 – 2? Denmark. Which one whose teachers are required to incorporate an element of self-assessment of their students? Ireland …

Heterogeneous practices in OECD

These are some of the teachings of an international comparison presented Tuesday, December 9 by the National Council of evaluating the school system (Cnesco). Beyond their anecdotal, these well say the heterogeneity of practices in OECD countries.

The canton of Geneva restored notes

If the trend Generally, for thirty years, is in line for greater supervision of student assessment, rating – let alone 20 points – not the rule, far from it. Some countries have abolished the notes, at least in primary (Finland, Denmark, and the canton of Geneva, which, however, reversed its decision in the early 2000s).

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In Germany, a rating variable geometry

As noted by the Cnesco, others have replaced scoring encrypted by an assessment level of performance “, for example by letters (A, B, C, D …). Finally, in countries “remained faithful to the encrypted log” rating scales vary widely, even within the same territory. In Germany, at the elementary and middle school, teachers evaluate students with a scale of 1 (very good) to 6 (very poor). Then, this practice is kept in the professional way while in “Gymnasium” (High School – Ed), in the general way, applies a scale of 0 to 15

In France, teachers. too often isolated

The study of Cnesco done in every case appear in France, teachers are 20%, much higher than in other OECD countries to declare never work with colleagues to apply common scales to assess student progress. They are also more likely than the average of the area to speak on the subject a need for training. What the debate on the notes, as will be held in Paris on 11 and 12 December the Days of the evaluation, one of the highlights of the national conference on student assessment.