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Interesting survey
Aug. 21st, 2007 12:53 pmMost bosses are dissatisfied with high school graduates' literacy and numeracy skills in the UK, though their technology skills are excellent.
The article does quote statistics about national exams, where nearly half the students are failing, so it's not just about an unscientific poll of employers.
Now, the only thing I really know about the British education system at the moment is that they've been sending people to Ontario in droves to observe our Turnaround Schools projects (including a team to my school this past year.) That says to me that they're behind on implementing the research that is becoming standard practice across North America and Australia, which the Turnaround Projects are designed to implement at record speeds. I would be interested to see the results of a similar test or poll in Australia, where most of the current research originated and where it has been implemented the longest.
Oh, I do know one other thing: isn't there a much higher percentage of private schooling in Britain as compared to Canada? I believe the total in Canada is under five percent, though it's been a while since I saw stats on that. I'm not sure if this survey covers public and private school graduates, or just public schools. That has the potential to dramatically skew the results, since the private school population is probably from a higher socio-economic level generally.
The article does quote statistics about national exams, where nearly half the students are failing, so it's not just about an unscientific poll of employers.
Now, the only thing I really know about the British education system at the moment is that they've been sending people to Ontario in droves to observe our Turnaround Schools projects (including a team to my school this past year.) That says to me that they're behind on implementing the research that is becoming standard practice across North America and Australia, which the Turnaround Projects are designed to implement at record speeds. I would be interested to see the results of a similar test or poll in Australia, where most of the current research originated and where it has been implemented the longest.
Oh, I do know one other thing: isn't there a much higher percentage of private schooling in Britain as compared to Canada? I believe the total in Canada is under five percent, though it's been a while since I saw stats on that. I'm not sure if this survey covers public and private school graduates, or just public schools. That has the potential to dramatically skew the results, since the private school population is probably from a higher socio-economic level generally.