Terrifying state of Irish education

#15

A follow-up report on PISA 2009 by the OECD had the following findings

• Fifteen-year-old students whose parents often read books with them during their first year
of primary school show markedly higher scores in PISA 2009 than students whose parents
read with them infrequently or not at all.

• The performance advantage among students whose parents read to them in their early
school years is evident regardless of the family’s socio-economic background.

• Parents’ engagement with their 15-year-olds is strongly associated with better performance
in PISA.

#15

passarellaie wrote: »

And ho chi Quinn wants to throw the Church out of education all together.Just watvh how things go then

Better I should think.

2011abc

Oh my God its crazy to think that somebody spent thousands if not millions to find out the information quoted two posts above !

And in other news...water is wet?

Fuinseog

#15 wrote: »

The PISA report makes no comment on how well primary teachers are teaching.

it possible to get through primary school without being able to read or write so something is amiss there.

#15

Fuinseog wrote: »

it possible to get through primary school without being able to read or write so something is amiss there.

Yes, there are lots of things potentially amiss in that scenario.

Differentiated instruction from the class teacher.
Targetted interventions from specialist teachers.
Sufficient SEN resources, including access to professionals that can diagnose issues in time.
Interested parents.
etc etc