Just Checking this is perfectly reasonable - re SAT levels

[urbancupcake]

My dd ended up in a particularly low stream in school based on the way the school said they grouped.

Where they had a large number of level 5 students, they took the raw scores from their SAT's results, used only the English reading element only (which they leveled at a 5c), removed the writing element because they say for several dd's they were teacher assessed so could not be relied on (note, this dropped her from a 5b therefore to a 5c), and for that reason also, did not use the science scores either.

Unfortunately, if all their figures are correct, this impacted my dd's position, as her writing score was much higher than her reading score.

Would this method in your opinion be totally reasonable?

Note, they do not use their own exams like other schools do, who do not trust primary schools SAT's results.


Thanks loads

[tiredaftertwo]

Floggingmolly, if a school is failing a child or a group of children by boring them senseless because of some arbitrary rationing system, it matters not that there are others in the same boat. They deserve, and have a right, to better than this. The fact that several of them can get bored and disengage together is no consolation. It is not a competition.

OP, maybe it would be a good idea to repost with a thread title about rigid streaming being used in this way, and asking whether there is any guidance or evidence or anything that you could use? Just a thought, as the thread has moved on, and the issues become clearer I think (I hope you do!). Someone may have specific experience.

[Floggingmolly]

Maybe I've misunderstood the op then, tiggy. I thought all children were streamed according to their raw SAT's scores, thus the top streams consisted of children scoring higher than her child?

[Floggingmolly]

Yes, I see, thanks.