Does our Education System Breed Elitism?
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Transcript Does our Education System Breed Elitism?
Leong Qi Dong
Jaw Li Wen
Joshua Tan
Foo Guo Wei
Purpose of standardized testing
Raised standards vs grade inflation
To motivate students to succeed
A focused approach towards teaching
test contents
Standardization
Accurate comparisons
Purpose of standardized testing
Improve accountability
Have a norm-referenced score
Raise the standard of education in
schools
Practicality
Better gauge of ability
Current situation
Non-instructional factors come to play
Standardized-test scores often measure
superficial thinking
Time, energy, and money
Restricted curriculumn
Flaws
The distribution of resources is very
uneven
Standardized tests measure the
temporary gaining of facts rather than
understanding
Testing only on knowledge
Vicious cycle of raised test standards vs
grade inflation
Teaching to test, drill-and-skill teaching
Distorts and narrows education
High stakes
Possible alternatives – In the 21st
century
Introducing performance-based
assessment where students are
evaluated on the basis of real work
programs where students are
challenged to read, explore, investigate,
think and progress rapidly
Reasons
Gifted
Education
Programme
Streaming
National
Examinations
Reasons
Students
School
Branding
Media
Public
Reasons
Name of School
Picture
Comments
Anglo Chinese
School
(Independent)
Socially adept, wellgroomed, sleek.
Hwa Chong
Institution (High
School)
Mandarin-speaking,
reserved,
hardworking.
Reasons
Name of School
Picture
Comments
Nanyang Girls High
School
Down to earth,
reserved,
studious.
Singapore Chinese
Girls School
Outgoing, classy,
articulate.
Reasons
Programmes Offered
Results
Solutions
Media should take the effort to
understand school’s students before
publishing articles
Introduce some programmes that elite
schools have to the other schools.
Problems in America
There are more than 300 languages
spoken in the United States by people
whose primary language is a language
other than English.
Problems in America
If the United States were to become a
bilingual society, it would spark off a
heated argument among the immigrants
on the choosing of the two official
languages.
Problems in America
If the 2 languages are not properly
learned, a mix-up of the 2 might happen,
creating something similar to singlish.
Pronunciation and spelling of the 2
languages would also be affected.
Problems in America
With the increase in number of Hispanic
population in America, many fear that
Spanish would dominate the language
system.