Maths in schools - why don't they do this?

[SexyGreyFox]

Or perhaps they do in some schools.

2 weeks ago I sat with 25 year 11 students while they did a Numeracy Level 1 on PC's that are linked to a College.
Most of them walked it and were then invited to do the Level 2 which is equal to a GCSE grade A to C.
Some of the little ducks failed and today I had to ring up their respective schools and feed back information from the PC's.
Now some of the girls were moaning that their maths teachers don't help them where they need it but the simple test that we do shows exactly their strong & weak points.
eg
You scored 28 out of 40 Pass

1 - Ratio's - You scored 4 out of 4
2 - Muliplication - You scored 5 out of 7
3 - Decimals - You scored 0 out of 5
etc etc

The detailed results show the teachers exactly where the student needs to brush up on but none of the 7 schools I rang did anything like this.
Seems so simple to me.
We've now decided to give year 10's the same test so we can report back to their maths teachers and they have a year to tighten up.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

responsibiliity

it just takes someone to see the obvious benefits of this and take responsibility for pushing for it and putting it into action. Sounds like they should be taking a leaf out of your book

Well its not my idea - it just happened.
Some of the students were struggling a bit with their BTEC in Health & Social Care so we decided to spend a bit of money on them and let them take Numeracy & Literacy tests.
The by-product is that at a glance you can see (in both numeracy & literacy) where the student is lacking.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

It's because of GTA IV.

Sounds like they didnt study much tbh if they cant pass something lower than gcse, although maybe i'm a being a bit close minded seeing as I'm good at maths

They'd probably wee all over you in Health & Social Care.
Horses for courses.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Im confused. Don't you do BTecs ect at college. I thought that at the age of 14-16 only GCSE's are possible. Well they were for me.

At 14 the students go to Newcastle College & Stoke On Trent College 1 day a week.
They go into a placement 1 day a week and the other 3 days they spend at school.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Just a quick question.

A Numeracy Level 2 is equal to a GCSE grade A to C depending on how many marks you get.
I got 40/40 the other month so I presume I got a A.
However, when I took my GCSE at school in 1974 we did logarithms and calculus etc.
Does this still apply now to GCSE and if so how can a Numeracy level 2 be equal to a GCSE grade A to C?