Students appear more confident communicating in class and better able to take responsibility for their own learning
Initial research suggests that reform of the Junior Cycle has had a positive impact on students For tens of thousands of students, the release of Junior Cycle results today is an important milestone. Their first State-certified examinations are a way-marker for progress at second level. It is also a telling moment for the education system.
Teachers’ unions, who opposed assessing their own students for a State exam, resisted the planned reforms. In the end, the written June exams survived, but in watered-down form, along with classroom-based assessments.
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