Strasbourg Marie Curie The school is experimenting with a skills assessment class without note. – A. Ighirri / 20 Minutes

at a time when the institutions were noted for their success rate in the baccalaureate, the famous performance indicators of 2015 schools, the Rector of the academy of Strasbourg Sophie Béjean visited Wednesday in a trial class skills … without notes. This is one of the mechanisms put in place for two years by the Marie Curie high school in Strasbourg to better support students

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In this experimental second class, thirty students is thus evaluated on six items common to all subjects: return knowledge, find information, manipulate and apply, reason and argue, communicate and invest.

so goodbye notes 10 and 20, place the letters A ( “very satisfactory mastery” ) to D ( “unchecked”).

Difficult to implement

The goal? “Making the student actor of his training, make it more independent and make work a better self-esteem,” says Sandrine Kiefel, the main professor at the initiative of this experiment.

She this device, however, has negative points: “it was difficult to set up and manage during the first four months, recognizes Sandrine Kiefel. Skills assessment is only now beginning. And for a student in big trouble, the question of skills or notes will not change his motivation. “

Charlie, one of the students involved, is not really a fan of the device. “I have a lot of trouble locating me. It was a flood of information, she says. It takes time to get used to. “



” You work for you “

As for the positives, the alumni of this class speak better than anyone. Now in 1st S, Yasmine lived a “very good experience. It helps build self-confidence. When you noted, you work under pressure, for your average. With skills assessment, you work for yourself. “

His former friend, Chloe, was also” liked the system to move smoothly from school to school. “

Sophie Béjean, the Rector of the Academy Strasbourg, account support “the development of this pedagogy, added value in terms of support.” This will reassure “Many institutions” that are involved in this process in the region

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