News - 25 August 2016 - GCSE results

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English - August 25, 2016 15:40 - 15 minutes - 29.9 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Join the TES team as we discuss this week’s GCSE results, which suffered the biggest ever fall in A8 to C grades since the assessments were introduced in 1988. We discuss the reasons behind the drop, we talk the further decline of languages, the effects of Progress 8 and why girls are pulling even further ahead than boys. We also take a look at a striking piece in this week’s magazine about a US teacher and her class who was faced with a student wielding a loaded gun. Tune in and enjoy.

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