Advise for a confused dad
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kwcllf:
The banding reflects the results of the entire cohort, inclusive of the affiliated students. But if you look at the schools in Band 1 (see past years), you'll notice that there are a number of affiliated schools in that list of top schools. What does this mean? Simply, that the school is doing a great job in value add and pushing affiliated kids with scores of <220 attain great grades in O levels. That to me is a good school.
Can someone enlighten me on banding.Crester:
That link is Yr 2011 Banding not the latest.
This yr Band'g:
Commonwealth still Band 3.
Fairfield this yr improved to Band 6.
TKGS consistently hovers between Band 1-2. This yr back to Band 1.
This is quite a feat for a sch which takes in students with score of 235+-
Will a school's banding be adversely affected by affiliation? That is, since they also take in students from affiliated schools who don't do as well during PSLE, when these students take their \"O\" levels and don't do well, will they drag the banding down?
Please pardon me. I am not trying to say that students who don't do well in PSLE also don't do well in \"O\" Levels. I am just asking a hypothetical question. -
Crester:
couldnt agree more on the band1-2 of TKGSThat link is Yr 2011 Banding not the latest.
This yr Band'g:
Commonwealth still Band 3.
Fairfield this yr improved to Band 6.
TKGS consistently hovers between Band 1-2. This yr back to Band 1.
This is quite a feat for a sch which takes in students with score of 235+-
any idea on banding for 2012 for
- Clementi Town
- CHIJ St. Theresa
- Gan Eng Seng
- CHIJ Katong Convent
TIA -
The cops for each sch usually vary +/-2 points from the previous year. Taking into a/c tt it is the dragon year, maybe we buffer in a possible variation of +/-4. That being the case, it should be quite safe to consider schools with cop 228 or higher instead.
My suggestion is to list the schools with cop 236 to 228, put their respective banding in the next column, followed by its location. From there, you should get a more systematic picture. Any school with a band of 5 or worse, I would drop from my list because with a cop of 230+ I would presonally prefer at least a band 3 sec school.
Hope this helps. -
Aberc:
This helps.. ThanksThe cops for each sch usually vary +/-2 points from the previous year. Taking into a/c tt it is the dragon year, maybe we buffer in a possible variation of +/-4. That being the case, it should be quite safe to consider schools with cop 228 or higher instead.
My suggestion is to list the schools with cop 236 to 228, put their respective banding in the next column, followed by its location. From there, you should get a more systematic picture. Any school with a band of 5 or worse, I would drop from my list because with a cop of 230+ I would presonally prefer at least a band 3 sec school.
Hope this helps.
Was quite worried with all the talk about dragon yr , more students ,
higher cop etc..
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What about Kranji? Or swiss?
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wheeee:
What about Kranji? Or swiss?
a bit far from where we are though
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