2008 PSLE Results

[kiasuson]

I agreed with Fiary feedback. I believe different principal will have different objectives. My son’s school has a new principal this year. This year, they did not produce any student above 275 but the principal was smiling and also presents the teachers to the students and parents with standing ovation.


They has set the record for percentages of A/A* for all subjects, the average t-score and set a record of more than 80 plus percent of students going express. The results is much better than some of the GEP schools. If you look at the school, they do not have a top scholars but they have improved every student which I think should be the main objective of the schools. They should not focus on individual results and improvements. The school also has about 5 to 10 students going to GEP every year in P3. Their top scholars might have been taken away during the GEP streaming.

I think we should look at the school preformance overall and not only at who has the top scholars, number of top scholars, etc…

[ChiefKiasu]

kiasuson:

...I think we should look at the school preformance overall and not only at who has the top scholars, number of top scholars, etc..

Absolutely agree. But if MOE don't publish these stats, how to compare?

[lizawa]

EN:

lizawa, congrats! So, can you share some tips on how to help our kids prepare for psle? Your ds result is awesome.

Thanks.

I guess a good foundation and consistency in work help a great deal. Like most parents here, this kiasu mum also constantly monitors my children's work to make sure they can keep up with the school work. And lots of practice from past year papers.

[Luanee]

ChiefKiasu:

Absolutely agree. But if MOE don't publish these stats, how to compare?

Exactly! MOE only publish the names of 60 schools which have at least one student scoring more than 275. How is that going to judge whether that is a good school? You can just happen to have a good one out of so many bad ones and u still make the list!

[sally]

Hi


Can i have the link to the web site.

txs

[ChiefKiasu]

Luanee:

Exactly! MOE only publish the names of 60 schools which have at least one student scoring more than 275. How is that going to judge whether that is a good school? You can just happen to have a good one out of so many bad ones and u still make the list!

Yuh... that's why we have to look at how consistent the schools are in grooming these top students over the years. If you keep churning out top students year on year... that can't just be by fluke.

But the better measure is still to look at overall passes.

[Poonie]

Congratulations to all parents whose kids have fared well in the PSLE results! We share your joy too. Would someone kind be enough to share which enrichment centre you send your kids to. If home tutors were used would you care to give the tutors’ contact? This will benefit parents whose children are still 1-2 years away from PSLE. I have pm a few of you but none of you responded to me. Really hope you will share your tried and tested route which will save us the agony of trying out different tutors and enrichment centres.

[Mandie]

[quote="lizawa"][quote="aggellim"]Saw the 10pm Channel 8 news last night and heard that 44% of the


1. For children who are strong in langauges, especially mother tongue, they are likely to score well for PSLE this year.

2. For children who are strong in Maths and Science, they do not seem to have an added advantage of getting high scores in this year’s PSLE. On the other hand, those who are weaker in Maths and Science, do not seem to have a disadvantage.


Hi Lizawa

Thanks for sharing. Fully agree that language is important, and it is the foundation to exel on any other subject.