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The general tone is prudent. Over the 20-page report – submitted to the Minister of Education, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Friday, Feb. 13 – reads the jury’s concern to the conference beyond ideological divisions on this very sensitive subject. Also perceives how it is cleaving, since despite their caution, the recommendations have not all been adopted unanimously. Some have raised the negative vote of some of the 30 members of the jury
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By comparison with the proposals of the High Council of the programs (CSP), discounts in November 2014, none of the recommendations of the jury of the conference appears as truly revolutionary. The jury in hopes no less “help change a now unsatisfactory situation” the current model is regularly accused of sanctioning and demotivating, to divert school of his first assignments – educate, educate. – for the benefit of student placement and selection of the best
- Partial disposal notes
In the sea serpent question “notes or no notes? “The jury of the conference provides an intermediate position: it suggests abandoning the notes in kindergarten, elementary school and until 6 th included, replacing them with a “Another type of coding” together with “qualitative comments” . The use of notes is already severely limited the primary. Only 20% to 30% of schools have recourse, as a general inspection report of 2013.
From the 5 th , the notes would be used only when it is to validate the level of students at the “waypoints” of schooling (assessments ‘certification’). The other form of evaluation (called “formative”), which is used to identify the challenges and progress of students, would no longer be recorded. In terms of class 1 th and terminal, which prepare directly the bachelor, the jury recommended that “keep more traditional notation” .
Proposals that have no chance of success, since the minister insisted in recent weeks that the site on student assessment “was not intended to remove notes” . While ads on this matter is expected in the spring, his entourage has already announced on Friday that it would not follow the opinion of the jury with regard to the removal of notes before the 5 th
The jury of the conference has taken part in the proposals of the CSP on the brevet: limiting it to a final test – instead of the current four – which would refer to several disciplines. . In addition, two personal projects, one led 4 th , the other 3 th , would be presented in oral and an oral examination language. Would also be taken into account in the patent, the ratings ‘certification’ organized in 5 th 4 th and 3 th , the results would be compiled into a “cycle skills booklet 4″ .
- Training and support teachers
Notes are neither neutral nor objective. Researchers in docimology (the science of notation), in addition they can demotivate students, they do not say much progress each and are marked by numerous biases. It is for teachers to become aware that the jury of the conference proposes to integrate “systematically” the search results to the initial and continuing training of teachers. “should be able to initiate and develop the dialogue between them and the researchers or collaborations around experiments” he said.
Similarly, the jury recommends more framing. To harmonize very heterogeneous practices today between and within institutions, it invites the Department to establish a national framework and assessment tools that teachers could rely.
- Communication with families
The rapporteurs invite schools to go further than the only parent-teacher meeting and sending the report card each quarter . Recognizing that the evaluation is “the first point of entry of parents in the education of their children,” suggests to enrich the information given to them. The means to achieve this are few details: it comes to “a particular job” of explanation on the different types of evaluation and the methods employed, the home of the parents or the use of digital workspaces.
The notes are often the preferred indicators to determine the allocation of pupils at the end of 3 th . The jury of the conference encouraged to take into account other factors such as the skills of the students, their talents, their projects and their motivation.
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