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| Free online tutoring available (The Iowa City Press-Citizen) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 01:24 AM PST Students preparing for the ACT and SAT tests can visit a free online test prep site, www.IHaveaPlanIowa.gov. The site adapts to the skill level of the user, provides personal tutoring with immediate feedback for incorrect answers, and sends e-mails about what to study next. There also is a test prep component for the GRE admissions test used by many graduate and business schools. A separate vocabulary builder helps students increase their vocabulary in preparation for testing. The Iowa College Student Aid Commission launched the Web site in 2009 to help students progress through middle school, high school, college and beyond and to provide tools for adults seeking education and employment opportunities. For more information about the free test prep and other resources, call Iowa College Aid's Information Service Center at 877-272-4456 or visit www.IowaCollegeAid.gov. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Ruane anger at private tutoring (BBC News) Posted: 11 Mar 2010 11:02 PM PST | Teachers should not give private tuition for "breakaway" admissions tests, the education minister has said. Caitriona Ruane has already told primary schools they should not "distort" the curriculum to help pupils prepare for grammar school set tests. Speaking at the NASUWT conference Ms Ruane said there would be "no return to any form of academic testing". She said that private tutoring "discriminated against children from lower income families". "One area that has been overlooked is the involvement of teachers in private tutoring of 10-year-old children for breakaway tests," she said. "I have previously told schools that teaching of the revised curriculum should not be distorted to prepare children for these tests. "I would now urge all teachers not to get involved in a practice that excludes and discriminates against children from lower income families." "Private tutoring for breakaway tests provides support to a system that is unnecessary and unjust and further perpetuates inequality. It is a further obstacle preventing children from accessing the education to which they are entitled." Under direct rule the government took the decision to end the 11-plus test in Northern Ireland, however political bargaining led to a deal which did not ban academic selection. When devolution was restored it was left up to local politicians to find a solution to what should replace the official 11-plus. However, they cannot agree and so Northern Ireland is without a regulated test, although grammar schools are still permitted to use academic selection. This year was the first time that independent entrance exams determined whether pupils would get places in grammar schools. Print Sponsor Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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