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The Supreme Education Council’s Evaluation Institute, at a press conference announced that the results of the Qatar Comprehensive Educational Assessment (QCEA) will be released this month through three major reports - Student Report (individualized reports to students, parents and school), Classroom Report (to teachers teaching the students in 2007), and the National Report, respectively. The Student Report aims to assist parents to track their children’s academic progress, identify the strengths and weaknesses in their performance, which might require remedial help. Parents are advised to read these reports carefully, discuss the findings with their children with an educational attitude, teachers and schools and propose the best ways to enhance their children schooling. Senior staff of the Evaluation Institute attended the meeting, which was held in the SEC’s auditorium. More
 
 

Comments on ... Parents to receive individualized reports of their children

Walid Kai

We would like to read the evaluation process online and I would like to congratulate Mr. Adel Al Sayed.
19 April 2007, 03:00

TerryG

This is a positive move as the parent can then see what the school is reporting to what the child is reporting. It is a move in the right direction. Any problems can then be easily sourced and corrected. I believe the parent also signs the report card that is then returned to school. This is what accountability for the parent and education system is all about. It is to be applauded. Terry
6 May 2007, 07:30

Imaan

I am a parent and my kids go to independent schools. And in 2007, I am receiving their report for the past year. How as a mother and educator give my kide remedial work if they need? they are now in different level and different school. Qatar is spending million of QR on these assessment but it will need 10 months to be analysed, however in UK, for the SAT exams, only 6 weeks and i am going to have the report and the results, not after 10 months.
9 May 2007, 06:45

English teacher

I agree what was mentioned earlier by Imaan. I am an English teacher in a seconday Independent School and the students in the school do not answer the questions of the evlauation Institute, they just write I don't know and leave the questions?? I suggest two things to be taken into consideration: 1. The papaer of the exams should not be headed by the Evaluation Institute. 2. The National Exams should not allocate a week on the year and should be part of the school assessment system. 3. The results of these exams should be within a 6 weeks maximun so we teachers, students, and parents benefit and after A YEAR?
10 May 2007, 06:45

Independent School Teacher

I strongly agree that children should be given detailed personalize reports explaining strengths and weaknesses, all schools follow the same curriculum standards, therefore an exam should be designed based on those standards for each grade to truly evaluate the children, teachers and school--based on performance.
2 June 2007, 18:45

Arabic Keyboard

I would totally agree to open the wider discussion between parents and kids and we do support the Qatar government on their initiatives.
22 June 2007, 06:15

X Independent School Teacher

Yes to really move forward all children should be evaluated with an entry evaluation to determin there level of education. There education achievements should be based on realistic learning objectives and not memorization for evaluation-that is not learning- Teach for life not exams. Qatari parents are too concern about grade and forces teacher to force exam memorization in order to perform well in exams more attention needs to go towards actual knowledge. Reports should be topic based explaining either sound understanding, needs more practice, fair but sometimes makes mistakes. This type of reporting will help the next teacher /School in evaluating a child.
23 June 2007, 18:15

Kelsey Wakeman

It's a good thing that reports will be released to the parents regarding their students' academic standing. It would help them be more involved and know the truth about their children's weaknesses and strengths when it comes to their studies. Through this, the parents will learn about their child's performance level. Like the other commenters, though, I wish that they would release the reports earlier so necessary action may be taken as soon as possible.
2 July 2007, 03:45

X Independent School Teacher

The school where I worked offered a midterm report, This report instead of being used as a medium to take action it created anger and lack of trust between parent and teacher-strange I know. I think parent meetings though time consuming is better than a paper report, parents must understand the learning process and take the focus away from 100% in exams. I have seen teachers hold childrens hands and write the answers to questions in the exams so the child can get 90 + %, Is this ok-for the parent just to feel good? Schools look the other way. As a teacher "even though i dont believe in EXAMS" it was a waste of time and very miss leading to parents whos children got 100%.
2 July 2007, 09:00

Montessorian

My first challenge was assigning children to a grade based on there age and expecting them to achieve the standards out lined to match there age given that they had no or little prior education. The standards does not build and continue from grade to grade they are all over the place and the only way to achived them is memory learning
26 September 2007, 11:30
 
 
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