10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELEVEN-PLUS»
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eleven-plus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
eleven-plus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Eleven-
Plus Book: Genuine Exam Questions From Yesteryear
FOREWORD. The ElevenPlus was born out of the 1944 Butler Education Act,
which used the test to decide if a child would go to the academically selective
grammar schools, or in the case of failure, to a technical or a secondary modern
school ...
2
IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea
By design, most students failed the eleven-plus, although differences in the pass
rate were due to geography rather than in the innate ability of different groups. In
certain areas there were spaces in grammar school for only 8 percent of the ...
3
Success in Sociology: AS Student Book AQA
Only the top 15–20 per cent of students went to this type of institution upon
passing the eleven-plus exam. 2. Technical schools: Provided a practical and
vocational education, aimed at occupations related to skilled manual jobs.
However, this ...
4
Eleven Plus Practice Papers 5 to 8: Verbal Reasoning Papers ...
The book is designed to prepare children for the 11 plus secondary school selection tests. It can also be used to prepare children for independent or private school entrance examinations.
5
Sociology AS: The Complete Companion AQA
Criticisms of the tripartite system The eleven plus Children were allocated to
different types of schools on the basis of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests taken at
age 11. Inevitably, IQ tests have cultural assumptions built into them, which may
lead ...
Jonathan Blundell, Patrick McNeill, Janis Griffiths, 2003
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Personalisation of Education in Contexts: Policy Critique ...
The Norwood report called Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools
was also in favour of the tripartite system and the eleven plus examination.
However, in fact, the top performers in the eleven plus examination went to
grammar ...
7
Gentle Action: Bringing Creative Change to a Turbulent World
Eleven-plus and trus t in s cience 56 Beginning in 1944 with the Butler Education
Act, the British adopted an examination system taken by children at the age of
eleven in order to determine which type of secondary school they would attend.
8
Identity and Diversity: Gender and the Experience of ...
Bureaucrats did not use the term 'eleven plus' and so the education segregation
of the ten-year-old population was given the kind of ideological gloss that the
term 're-settlement' gave to the forced deportation of the Jews in Nazi Germany.
Maud Blair, Janet Holland, Sue Sheldon, 1995
9
Class Practices: How Parents Help Their Children Get Good Jobs
Some of the middle-class interviewees, for example, explained how their parents
sent them to private primary schools to increase their chances of passing the
eleven plus examination to grammar school. They were very keen to ensure that
...
10
Women Ageing: Changing Identities, Challenging Myths
(Fiona) The majority of children in the 1940s and 1950s (and into the 1960s) sat
the eleven-plus examination in order to 'win' a place at grammar school. The
results influenced not only their secondary schooling but also their sense of
identity.
Miriam Bernard, Val Harding Davies, Linda Machin, 2005
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELEVEN-PLUS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
eleven-plus is used in the context of the following news items.
Utley Out, Hernandez In
We knew it was bound to happen eventually, but after eleven-plus seasons as the Phillies' starting second baseman, it appears Chase Utley ... «Baseball Essential, Jul 15»
Business as Usual in Oakland City Hall
But Newsom was ahead of his time — it just took eleven-plus years for some Democrats and most of the country to finally catch up and realize ... «East Bay Express, Jun 15»
Poundland's Jim McCarthy: 'We don't sell £1 products. We sell …
A bright boy, he passed his eleven-plus and went to St Philip's grammar school (which JRR Tolkein attended before the First World War). «Management Today, May 15»
Why should August's child be full of woe?
I sat the eleven-plus exam at a tiny village school in Norfolk at a time when the difference between passing and failing could define a life. «The Times, Feb 15»
I was 13 when my English teacher asked me to go camping. I …
I'd annoyed everyone by passing the eleven-plus. The headmaster of my primary school shouted at me in his study because I was selling rude ... «New Statesman, Feb 15»
Diana Kimball Of SoundCloud: Creativity And Vulnerability Go Hand …
I recently finished listening to Amanda Palmer's The Art of Asking, and was captivated: the sound of her voice made the eleven-plus hours of ... «Forbes, Jan 15»
Rochester and Strood byelection – polling day
She failed the eleven-plus, went to a secondary modern, and had to do courses to get enough A-levels to go to Kent University, where she read ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
Why the Kent Test and Eleven-plus is agony for children and parents
Because for thousands of youngsters, a return to school after the long rain-soaked summer holiday meant one thing; Eleven-plus time. «Kent News, Sep 12»
Grammar schools lose faith in Kent's eleven-plus test
Problems seen with the current eleven plus system include children being intensively coached for exams – giving an unfair advantage – and ... «Kent News, Mar 12»
Could you pass the 11-plus? Exam papers first used in the 1950s …
Their very name still deeply divides opinion. For some, the Eleven-Plus exams, which determined whether a child would go to a grammar ... «Daily Mail, Jun 08»
