L’insegnante ha bandito dall’aula dopo aver fatto i corsi degli studenti per loro

This reminds me of the ‘tactics’ that are used by teachers who are pressure to meet government targets on things like grades attainment and attendance – like theme park trips for those with 100% attendance meaning that a pupil who might have been off ill one day might be effectively penalised for being ill, or plying pupils with sweets and chocolate in order to meet some target. I understand the need for monitoring of the quality of teaching but it seems to result in some incentives getting a bit out of hand.

I heard of a head teacher correcting SATs papers from his primary school.. he got busted because the indentation from the pencil he used to make corrections could be seen on the papers that were in the pile beneath.
The schools results that year were annulled. There was a sham investigation by hand picked, ‘tame’ governors who claimed not to find conclusive proof as to who was responsible. Those governors all immediately resigned to prevent any further review. The head is still in post.

I’m a teacher and unfortunately flaunting exam board/JCQ guidelines in relation to coursework and controlled assessment is widespread. Even egregious examples of cheating like this one are not exactly rare. The pressure to do this normally comes from a Head of Department keen to make their results look good, but I’ve also heard of Principals who are in on it.

Fortunately in my school we are fastidious about following the rules. Of course, this creates problems when parents ring in and say, “But I know someone who goes to school X and they were allowed to bring their notes in with them!” etc.

When all is said and done, better to go purely on written, timed exams.

Scrapping most of the coursework was for the best because schools everywhere play a game of how much they are prepared to bend the rules to compete with everyone else doing the same but not going so far as to feel like cheating. If individual staff feel compelled to ‘help’ students in this manner, what does that say of the culture of the school that prioritises results over academic integrity?

First school I trained at was one a high performing single-sex comprehensive. A couple students were absent for their coursework and sat with the head of dept after school to complete it. Both for 20/20. Coincidence?

Coursework had to go. Not because it’s wrong to assess people in ways other than an external exam, but because it’s just fiddled everywhere.

My German gcse oral test they literally practiced it with us for 40 minutes beforehand.

I still got a D 😂