Ancora Imparo
I am still learning (Michelangelo)
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Year 1 Behaviours Indicator of Dropout Rates
A study from Johns Hopkins University has identified behaviours that are flags to high school drop out rates for at least 75% of those students. These behaviours are indicated as early as the second semester of Year 1.
These Year 1 indicators include students who are:
absent from school nine or more times (in Year 1) are twice as likely to dropout in high school
suspended one or more timescan be up to 5 times as likely to drop out of high school
below grade level in reading and/or mathematics are twices as likely to drop out of high school.
As students move through their schooling these numbers become worse. "A third grade student is twice as likely to drop out if he or she only misses three or more times, and they are three times as likely to do so in the 9th grade."
At present we are collecting data to assist student transition at Years 6 into 7 and Years 10 into 11. The question becomes what do we do with this rich bank of information about our students. It is not enough to identify students, we need to use data to develop valid intervention strategies.
http://web.jhu.edu/sebin/q/b/PreventingStudentDisengagement.pdf Report
Gender based behaviours affect school experience - Brittish Study
The Brittish Department for Education has identified that:
"Nearly one in four boys at state school has special needs, statistics show
Nearly one in four state school boys is classed as having special educational needs, almost double the number of girls, statistics show.
.... girls are more likely to be “compliant” and fall off the radar than boys, making them less likely to be identified as having SEN.(special education needs)
Last week government data showed that pupils with special needs are up to eleven times more likely to receive a permanent exclusion, and up to six times more likely than their classmates be suspended at least once."
Boys Reading Commission
The report asks, "what is making boys more likely to struggle with reading" whilst acknowledging that "there are obvious sensitivities when discussing boys’
underachievement in reading. Boys are not a homogenous
group; they are not all failing. In focusing on this issue there is a
danger that we can overemphasise and make it a self-fulfilling
prophecy; arguments that imply boys are not expected to be good
or enthusiastic readers are simply reinforcing it as a social norm.
However, the long-term impacts of low literacy have such a massive
influence on future life chances that we feel it is our responsibility to
address the issue and unpick the evidence."The recommendations supply a list of ideas for implementation at the school and home levels.
Which boys/which girls?
Alterations to the Payments to Teachers
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