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Written by: Review Editor
2020-05-31 09:00
Last update date: 2020-05-31 09:00Schools in Hong Kong have been suspended for many months. Students from S3 to S5 will return to school for the first time. The school-based assessment (SBA) originally scheduled for S5 will also be adjusted. The HKEAA wrote to the school on Wednesday (27th), announcing that it will streamline the SBA requirements for the 10 subjects of the 2021 Secondary School Diploma Examination, including Chinese and English subjects. The number of assessments required for each subject will be reduced. The independent thematic inquiry (IES) will proceed as usual.
Precious weight loss experience
According to the assessment bureau, among the subjects that currently have school-based assessments, in addition to the higher scores of design and applied technology, visual arts, technology and life SBA, SBA generally accounts for 15 to 20% of the total score of candidates . The assessment bureau reduced some assessments in response to the epidemic situation, such as fewer elective units for Chinese subjects and fewer assessments for speaking in English subjects.
SBA accounted for about 20% of the final score, but due to the impact of the score on the diploma exam, teachers and students are still not afraid to relax. Taking the Chinese exam as an example, students must submit a reading activity homework for the compulsory part within the school year of Secondary Five and Secondary Six, and in two to four elective modules, two of the modules should be submitted for study according to the school's arrangement. Grades. In order to ensure a certain level of student performance, most schools will do different exercises and guidance before submitting scores, and then require students to complete school-based assessment. The Examination Bureau considers that the progress of the school is interrupted due to suspension of classes, and the Bureau can recognize the "weight loss" for school-based evaluation. This experience should also be used as a reference in the future to understand the school's response to the reduction of school-based evaluation and to further improve the school-based evaluation system. paving.
The Examination Bureau considers that the progress of the school is interrupted by the suspension of classes, so the Bureau can approve the "weight loss" for the school-based assessment. (Information picture / photograph by Ou Jiale)
Must get rid of the "chicken rib" feeling
The test culture of "a test of life and death" has been criticized for many years, and school-based assessments have emerged. The original intention is also to let students no longer rely solely on test performance. However, in most subjects, SBA still accounts for only 20% of the total score. If the goal is to get rid of life and death in one trial, the 20% share is simply not enough to greatly reduce the importance of public examinations. And if it is based on reducing learning pressure, different SBA homework in multiple disciplines, it is difficult to say that students can learn easily.
The school-based assessment must change its tasteless position, and the Education Bureau and the Assessment Bureau must work out the direction together. "The first test will determine life and death" and the pressure on students will increase greatly. As the examination approaches, the pressure on candidates will continue to increase. The Xueyou Club interviewed more than 1,000 fresh candidates just before the start of the exam, and two of them even admitted that the pressure was “bursting” in April. If the Bureau wants to reform the exams in the future, it should refer to this year ’s valuable experience, starting with two aspects. One is to reduce the weight for school-based assessments, so that students can have more free time during the school period to meet the exams; or they can expand the SBA account Proportionately reduce the proportion of examinations. At present, the score is only 20%, but the situation of students' hard-to-eat chicken ribs is in need of review by the Bureau.
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