tailieunhanh - Marking Matric

The past ten years in South Africa has seen many changes in education: the creation of a single department of education; common examinations for all learners in public schools in the country, a new outcomes based education curriculum which was introduced to learners in the General Education and Training Phase since 1998 and will be introduced to the Further Education and Training Phase from 2006. To evaluate the success of these changes South African researchers still use the indicator of student achievement | Free download from COLLOQUIUM PROCEEDINGS Edited by Vijay Reddy HSRC PRESS Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa 2006 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-7969-2116-4 Copy editing by Angela Briggs Typeset by Stacey Gibson Cover design by Farm Design Print management by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 email orders@ Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU United Kingdom Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 email orders@ Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Order Department 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA Call toll-free 800 888 4741 All other enquiries 1 312 337 0747 Fax 1 312 337 5985 email frontdesk@ Contents Free download from List of tables and figures v Foreword ix Introduction xii Acknowledgements xx List of abbreviations and acronyms xxi SECTION 1 THE MACRO PERSPECTIVE 1. A review of ten years of assessment and examinations 3 Themba Ndhlovu Nkosi Sishi and Carol Nuga Deliwe 2. Transition from Senior Certificate to the Further Education and Training Certificate 10 Morgan Naido o 3. The history of falling matric standards 18 Peliwe Lolwan a SECTION 2 STANDARDS AND STANDARDISATION 4. The matriculation examination how can we find out if standards are falling 33 Mbithi wa Kivilu 5. The statistical .