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2020-08-19 06:30
Last update date: 2020-08-19 06:30The new crown pneumonia epidemic is raging around the world. As a result, the British Advanced Level Examination was cancelled. The test takers’ scores are based on the teacher’s assessment after adjustment by computer algorithms. After adjustment, 39.1% of the test takers are at least one level lower than the teacher’s forecast. However, most private school candidates The results have not been lowered, and the results of a large number of public school students have been affected. The controversy over the unfair adjustment of scores has also triggered a large number of students to demonstrate in the streets.
After adjustment, 39.1% of the candidates were at least one grade lower than the teacher’s forecast, but the scores of candidates in most private schools have not been lowered. (Profile picture)
Background should not determine grades
The controversial algorithm is based on the predicted results submitted by teachers, and then adjusted with reference to the school's past three years' past performance. If the school hasn't had any good results in the past three years, the algorithm will conclude that the school also has no good results this year. The approach undoubtedly judges personal abilities based on school background, assuming that students enrolled in "second-level" public schools cannot rely on their own efforts to achieve good results. The algorithm is intended to prevent teachers from grading students too much. It is also hoped that the calculation of the national school performance by the algorithm will allow schools to get more equitable scoring. However, the calculation also makes students who come from poorer schools lose their personal ability Opportunity for a better degree.
Private schools have always had more learning resources and higher entry requirements. The school has achieved better results in the past years. Under the new crown pneumonia, examinations are replaced by algorithms, and the advantages of private schools are more obvious. Private school students have sufficient learning resources, and students are not lowered because of their school performance. On the contrary, public students have less learning resources than private schools, and their final grades are also lowered because of irrelevant school backgrounds. Education was supposed to provide upward mobility opportunities for students of different backgrounds, but in the end it became an accomplice of the protective class barrier.
This year's DSE was affected by the epidemic, and the examination and the release of the rankings were delayed for a while. Fortunately, it was successfully completed. (Profile picture)
Narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor in education
Fortunately, Hong Kong's Diploma of Secondary Education was not as affected by the epidemic as the United Kingdom. This year's extraordinary candidates also knew the results of the joint university enrollment last Thursday (13th). Candidates this year have not lost their exam opportunities due to the epidemic, but this does not mean that Hong Kong does not have the problem of the gap between the rich and the poor in learning.
Local DSS and some private schools have more learning resources, and some test results are indirectly affected by the school's track record. For example, family background allows students to choose tuition classes and purchase extracurricular books for reading reference. Some traditional famous private middle schools even have tennis courts, swimming pools, grass courts and other facilities that other schools cannot reach. Private schools not only have more resources. If their academic performance has been satisfactory in the past, the scores of candidates for "independent subject inquiry" and "school-based assessment" will also be adjusted. The British plight is similar in Hong Kong.
Under the epidemic situation, Hong Kong may be fortunate than the United Kingdom to continue the exams and compete in the examination room regardless of background. However, outside the examination room, the gap between the rich and the poor still affects the learning progress of students of different backgrounds. It affects students' consideration of purchasing reference books and enrolling in tuition courses. The use of computers as learning equipment also makes it difficult for many grassroots students to collect information. Educational inequality has set off demonstrations in the UK, but the same situation has actually been plagued Hong Kong. The gap between the rich and the poor in the learning resources of students is also waiting for the bureau to start narrowing.
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