Welski posted:Dave's got this wrong. What happens is that the top 300 are taken every year. That way any changes in the difficulty of the exam from one year to the next are nullified. Though what it's got to do with rugby...... :doz:DaveO posted:Blimey no wonder they phased out Grammar schools with questions like that one!:(
And what happens when 300 kids "pass" the 11 plus one year for the 200 places and the year after only 150 make the grade?
I'll tell you what happens. 100 from the first example are denied the opportunity given to the 200 that did get in. They are even denied it compared to 50 kids who will get in the year after who didn't do as well as them in the exam because you can bet your bottom dollar the grammar school will not take a reduced intake.
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Given a schools intake is limited I can't see how that could work. It also does not address the issue of (some of) one years "top" pupils getting in and being of a lower standard than pupils excluded the previous year.jinkin jimmy posted:
Dave's got this wrong. What happens is that the top 300 are taken every year. That way any changes in the difficulty of the exam from one year to the next are nullified. Though what it's got to do with rugby...... :doz:
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From your two responses I can only assume you were not allowed to sit the thing in the first place.Doveoverdave posted:Especially when you fail the 11+Dave O posted
Grammar schools fail miserably in that regard.
Poor thing!
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It's the only way to do it, Dave. One year you could find the top 300 go down as low as, say %80 as their exam result. Next year, they may be brighter or the exam may be easier but the top 300 may only go down to %90. No matter. In each year the school would always be taking the most able 300 kids. The kid who got 89% this year and missed out is not guaranteed to have got 89% the year before.
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I think its Brilliant the number of Kids interested in sport these days, looking at how many teams there are not many Concide games as much as before
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I agree Bear and the also of them were some time on one at together.Bear posted:
I think its Brilliant the number of Kids interested in sport these days, looking at how many teams there are not many Concide games as much as before
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Is it me?Welski posted:I agree Bear and the also of them were some time on one at together.Bear posted:
I think its Brilliant the number of Kids interested in sport these days, looking at how many teams there are not many Concide games as much as before
I can't understand either of these posts. :conf:
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jinkin jimmy posted:Neither can I.[b
Is it me?
I can't understand either of these posts. :conf:
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That isn't the point. The school has a finite capacity which limits how many kids they can take in any one year.jinkin jimmy posted:
It's the only way to do it, Dave. One year you could find the top 300 go down as low as, say %80 as their exam result. Next year, they may be brighter or the exam may be easier but the top 300 may only go down to %90. No matter. In each year the school would always be taking the most able 300 kids. The kid who got 89% this year and missed out is not guaranteed to have got 89% the year before.
In my example that was 200 and if in one year we have 300 students reaching the standard required the fact they take the 200 most able of that lot is no compensation to those who miss out on a place as they are also able enough to benefit from the education on offer.
This becomes even more unfair when in the next year only 150 make the grade. They will still take the 200 most able but 50 of them will be less able than some denied a place the previous year.
The fact a pupil may not score 89% in two different years is not relevant as far as I can see because it is the number of places available and the number of kids of the required ability from one year to the next that is the problem.
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And i can?jinkin jimmy posted:Is it me?Welski posted:I agree Bear and the also of them were some time on one at together.Bear posted:
I think its Brilliant the number of Kids interested in sport these days, looking at how many teams there are not many Concide games as much as before
I can't understand either of these posts. :conf:
OOOOOO were the greatest club in the world!!!!