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"Year 12 students around Australia are preparing to sit their final exams. For
many young people this is one of the most stressful parts of school, with their
future supposedly coming down to one number.
This is an outdated way of finishing school and working out what students do in
the next phase of their lives.
Universities and TAFEs are increasingly using other methods – such as
interviews or portfolios – to offer places to school leavers. In 2021, more
than 25,000 NSW students applied for an early offer through the “schools
recommendation scheme”, to lock in a university place before they sit their
exams. This is up from 5,447 in 2014, suggesting year 12 exams may not be as
necessary as we once thought.
Our research shows you can reliably predict a student’s year 12 results by year
11. This also suggests we don’t need a battery of stressful exams to work out
if a student is suited for tertiary education.
This gives us the opportunity to radically rethink how the final years of
school are structured."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
