"exam results have been manipulated by the government to increase pass rates and meet its own targets"

Un correspondant dans le cybermonde me communique :

Royal Society of Chemistry Slams UK Exam Standards

cheesethegreat writes "The Royal Society of Chemistry has sharply
criticized the 'catastrophically' falling standards for UK school
exams in the sciences. The RSC had 1,300 highly achieving students
take an exam made up of questions taken from the last 50 years. The
students averaged an appalling 15% on 'hard' numerical questions set
in the 1960s, but managing much higher marks on the more recent 'soft'
non-numerical questions. This latest report has garnered mainstream
media attention. The RSC has also created a petition on the UK Prime
Minister's official website, calling for urgent intervention to halt
the slide, which has garnered over 3,000 signatures. The issue of
declining exam standards has been an ongoing concern in the UK, with
allegations that exam results have been manipulated by the government
to increase pass rates and meet its own targets."


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On a copié les USA, les British aussi. Il est vrai que cette manipulation est plus facile que d'autres manipulations. Et ça ne se voit ... qu'au bout d'un temps plutôt long.
Sur ce blog j'ai parlé d'articles de journaux québécois qui il y a plus de 5 ans signalaient cela. Mais bof bof. Une armé de généraux ... c'est bon pour la paix. Une armée d'incultes diplômés c'est bon pour quoi ?
Bon, il y a encore des excellents, malgré tout. Ils ont du mérite.
Enfin on verra. Il semble que pour nos centrales nucléaires on est mal parti. Mais chut chut...je vais risquer vous faire geler si on ferme les centrales.
Demain sera un autre jour !