中学等级制成为历史

jjrchome · 发表于 13-9-2012 09:13:41|来自：新加坡

中学成绩等级制即日起废除

（2012-09-13）

教育部长王瑞杰昨天在教育部工作蓝图大会上宣布，教育部将简化奖励学校机制，着重表扬学校如何通过各种良好的治校方案落实全人教育的理念。此外，教育部计划在未来五年拨款5500万元助各校发展专长活动。

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　　学校日后可以把更多精力放在核心教育工作，无需为了“保住”奖项和成绩等级疲于奔命。

　　教育部从即日起废除中学成绩等级制，并将在2014年取消“奖励计划总蓝图”（Masterplan of Awards）制度。教育部长王瑞杰昨天在教育部工作蓝图大会上宣布，教育部将简化奖励学校机制，着重表扬学校如何通过各种良好的治校方案落实全人教育的理念。此外，教育部计划在未来五年拨款5500万元助各校发展专长活动。

　　王瑞杰重申，我国教育和考试体制完善健全，学校不应该以学生须额外补习为运作前提。对部分学生而言，补习和额外补课确实有必要，但过多的补习反而对学生有害。　　

　　在近一个半小时的讲话中，王瑞杰强调教育团队的目标应是激发学生的学习乐趣，培育每名学生积极向学，而这需要学校、教师和家长的协力配合。

　　教育部在2004年根据O水准会考成绩把中学“排名次”改为“等级制”，不再根据具体分数（包括小数点）为中学顺序排名，而是以整数等级划分。这个举措当时被视为是中学排名自1992年实施后的最重大改变，而这次进一步推翻等级制显示教育部有意改变一般人成绩至上的观念。

　　王瑞杰说：“许多教育领袖告诉我，现在学校里有许多创新和有趣的计划。等级制已经达到推动学校更上一层楼的初衷，但是这个制度现在却阻碍我们实现‘每所学校均是好校’的理念，因为它让人觉得教育部只凭考试成绩评估学校表现。”

这些年来，教育部使用“卓越学校模式”和奖励计划总蓝图制来衡量以及肯定学校在不同方面的成果。教育部过去一年检讨学校评估制度，发现两个模式的原意虽好，却在执行时导致学校必须做许多行政工作，也在无形中让公众误以为学校只一味追求奖项。

　　为此，教育部决定在两年后取消金字塔式的奖励计划总蓝图制，不颁发最高荣誉的“卓越学校奖”，保留“优异学校奖”以及肯定教学、学生发展和教师福利的“最佳治校奖”等。为了凸显品德教育和家长支援学校的重要，最佳治校奖会增设评品格与公民教育及伙伴关系奖项。

　　洪美卿（38岁）育有四女一男，她第三个女儿今年参与小六会考。她坦言为孩子选择中学时更关注学校的收生截分点，所以废除成绩等级制对她没有太大的影响。她说：“教育部这么做当然是出于好意，但是人们比较学校的心理是很自然的，以后不比成绩还是会比别的。”

　　另一方面，不时有家长投诉教师让学生向补习老师请教课业问题。王瑞杰昨天说，如果这类投诉属实，教育部必须杜绝这种情况。

　　他指出，家长希望孩子成龙成风的心态是可以理解的。学习能力较弱的学生确实能从补习受益，学校和自助团体一向为这类学生提供针对性的帮助，但过多的补习不但会妨碍学生均衡发展，还可能让他们对上课意兴阑珊。

　　王瑞杰说：“当学生有‘私人学习指导’，他们可能更倾向于走捷径找答案而不愿意用心思考，而这会消磨意志力和独立性。”

　　近2000名学校领袖、教师、教育部职员出席常年的工作蓝图大会。配合“我们的新加坡全国对话”的相关工作，王瑞杰和教育部高级官员昨天下午也同全国5000名教育工作者展开交流。

来源：《联合早报》

jjrchome · 发表于 13-9-2012 09:16:10|来自：新加坡

Parents, schools cheer scrapping of secondary school banding
By Gwendolyn Ng
my paper Thursday, Sep 13, 2012

Parents and schools yesterday applauded the news that the banding of secondary schools by academic results will be abolished with immediate effect.

Making the announcement at the Ministry of Education (MOE) annual Work Plan Seminar 2012, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said that school banding "gets in the way" of reaching the target of making "every school a good school".

"It creates the public perception that MOE measures our schools strictly by academic grades... The fact is there is no single yardstick to measure how 'good' our schools are," he added.

The banding system grouped secondary schools according to the average GCE O Level score of their students, ranging from one to nine, with one being the best.

It was introduced in 2004 to replace ranking of individual secondary schools by academic results.

Calling the move a step in the right direction, parents said it will avoid labelling students and ease the pressure for them to qualify for "good" schools as defined by the rankings.

Madam Poh May Chen, 43, an IT system analyst who has two daughters aged 13 and 15, said: "Without this kind of ranking, it will not be so stressful for the kids as there will be less comparison." She added: "Children should be enrolled in schools based on their capabilities, and not with the idea that they must go to the top-band schools."

Mr Melvyn Goh, 36, a video producer who has a seven- year-old daughter in Primary 1, said: "It's good that we are getting rid of banding which, to me, is a form of segregation; smart children go here, stupid children go there."

Schools also welcomed the scrapping of the banding, as it signals that MOE is not recognising schools purely based on academic results.

Mr Balamurugan Krishnasamy, principal of Tampines Secondary School, said that it will provide a "level playing field" for schools that were not in the top bands, but are doing "very good work" in other areas.

Mr Ong Kong Hong, principal of Teck Whye Secondary School, said: "There is greater recognition that as the student profile varies across schools, it is more meaningful to look at how much we are adding value to students rather than their absolute performance."

However, Mr Goh said that it will take some time before the ingrained academic-oriented mindsets of parents change, citing how parents even posted informal rankings of schools online.

To help schools develop their own specialities and not be "cookie-cutter schools", Mr Heng announced that MOE will commit a total of $55 million to enable every school to build its own niche over the next five years.

In his speech, Mr Heng reminded parents that they are a child's "first teachers".

He said: "Parents are our most important partners. Teachers cannot be surrogate parents. I hope parents value teachers as their partners too."

For parents in need of a guide in choosing schools for their children, Mr Heng pointed them to the School Information Service - a website where parents can search schools by attributes, such as location and special programmes.

He also announced the launch of the Parents in Education (PiE) website, which will include resources such as parenting tips, education news and learning resources.

jjrchome · 发表于 13-9-2012 09:24:45|来自：新加坡

中学等级制将走入历史，2011年的O-level band已成绝响。

“缅怀”一下：

2011年中学等级（特别/快捷课程）

	第一级
1	Anderson Secondary School
2	Anglican High School
3	Bukit Panjang Government High School
4	Catholic High School
5	Cedar Girls' Secondary School
6	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School
7	Crescent Girls' School
8	Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)
9	Singapore Chinese Girls' School
10	Victoria School

	第二级
1	CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
2	Chung Cheng High School (Main)
3	Nan Chiau High School
4	Nan Hua High School
5	St. Joseph's Institution
6	Tanjong Katong Girls' School
7	Tanjong Katong Secondary School
8	Xinmin Secondary School
9	Zhonghua Secondary School

	第三级
1	Chung Cheng High School (Yishun)
2	Commonwealth Secondary School
3	Maris Stella High School
4	Swiss Cottage Secondary School
5	Temasek Secondary School

	第四级
1	Dunman Secondary School
2	Fuhua Secondary School
3	Gan Eng Seng School
4	Kranji Secondary School
5	St. Margaret's Secondary School

	第五级
1	Ang Mo Kio Secondary School
2	Bukit Batok Secondary School
3	Hai Sing Catholic School
4	Jurong Secondary School
5	Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School
6	Presbyterian High School
7	Yishun Town Secondary School

	第六级
1	Clementi Town Secondary School
2	Ngee Ann Secondary School
3	Pasir Ris Secondary School
4	Riverside Secondary School

	第七级
1	Beatty Secondary School
2	Bowen Secondary School
3	CHIJ Katong Convent
4	Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
5	Compassvale Secondary School
6	Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)
7	Hua Yi Secondary School
8	Mayflower Secondary School
9	New Town Secondary School
10	Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School
11	St. Andrew's Secondary School

	第八级
1	Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
2	Bedok South Secondary School
3	Bedok View Secondary School
4	CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent
5	Holy Innocents' High School
6	Peirce Secondary School
7	Queensway Secondary School
8	St. Gabriel's Secondary School
9	St. Hilda's Secondary School

	第九级
1	CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent
2	Evergreen Secondary School
3	Jurongville Secondary School
4	Queenstown Secondary School
5	St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School
6	Unity Secondary School
7	West Spring Secondary School
8	Westwood Secondary School