Primary school math test had 98 points, ranking last class, parents protest

Nanjing Daily

"The child was only the second grade, math exam last 98 minutes, in class only ranked fifth from the bottom." Recently, the topic for the tests and rankings, a lot of parents are the focus of attention. Some parents believe that such a test evaluation of a dilemma, easy to hit the child's self-confidence and enthusiasm.

[Puzzled] parents

Primary school math test had 98 points, ranking last class

"A popular primary school children in second grade, some time ago a mid-term exam 98 points in math, I thought very good, but listening to the teacher that the score in the class ranked fifth from the bottom." Ms. Chen parents disagree on the ranking of schools that , "with such a small fraction of children to evaluate the already inappropriate, but also to rank the children will not be too much pressure? This is not the child's self-confidence against it?"

The daughter of a well-known in the Drum Tower District, Mr. Sun told reporters third grade elementary school, children mid-term exam in English (Forum) exam, 98.5 points, the class of nearly 50 children, his daughter came in nearly 30, it also allows Sun to accept some not.

"I think the results have been very good 98.5 points, should give the child encouragement, but regardless of the school sub-points, and rank, it is inevitable that all children score the psychological implications." Mr. Sun said, a little quick success of this evaluation method.

[Response to] the teacher

Ranking does wrong, the child should be allowed to play a positive fraction of incentive

During the interview, the reporter found the teachers to reflect the situation for the parents have different views.

"The primary grades are the basis of a large mid-term exam questions, a lot of classes sharing 90 multisection, so 98 points ranked last is indeed possible." The city a primary grade teacher said, "primary school children in learning differences are not big, 95 points, 98 points or 100 points and can not explain how much the gap between the child, but now, no matter the teacher, or the evaluation of students, mainly to see results, so we are more concerned about the scores. "

The teachers also believe that the scores of the evaluation itself is not wrong, the key is how to use the scores of children from the incentive, rather than let the children feel frustrated.

One in 20 years of education of teachers think that, because the education sector does not allow ranking of primary and secondary test, the current high-profile position is very rare. However, many private schools, "hidden" position, that publication of the results section, give parents the child's score is estimated based on the child's rankings.

"Primary school rank is indeed defective, but not exclusive and will be staring at the teacher asked the parents and sometimes the teacher is out of frustration published rankings." The teacher said.

[Expert opinion]

Blindly using quantitative evaluation of test scores are too one-sided

City primary school education and training that the Director of the Center Valley Power, in order to cultivate the child's primary school study habits and attitudes towards learning-based, students master the basic points of knowledge, pass the examination can not be points of rank and so on. "In the past evaluation of primary school students are 5-point scale including excellent, good, in passing, poor, more than 80 points are good, this approach can dilute the scores will not pressure the child."

Nanjing Normal University, Associate Professor Yuan Zong Jin believes that the child's development is dynamic, blindly using quantitative evaluation of test scores are too one-sided.

In his view, all these years the city has been exploring the reform of primary and secondary school assessment system, implementation of quality education for the school to provide protection. However, the current widespread in cultural studies "ranking" of pressure from the leadership passed to the teachers of the school, and then delivered to the students by the teachers of the parents and children, and layers of overweight, which resulted in only attach importance to the cultural achievements, while ignoring the overall quality of training of students.

"Foreign students evaluation of student growth will be used the way the file, the child's social practice, small inventions are all part of the evaluation, a full range of evaluation methods that allow children to experience success." Yuan said were gold, although the city school growth is also used files, but accounted for the main academic evaluation, and lags far behind foreign countries. "(Nanjing Daily newspaper intern Chen Ning Qian Hongyan spin)