The importance of looking at value-added on results day
By Mark S. Steed, Director, JESS, Dubai
This week sees thousands of students receiving their GCSE results.
Now is also the time when many anxious parents hope that their children have the best possible exam results that will allow them to progress to sixth form or college, and join the path they hope will take them to university and into successful and fulfilled employment.
Amid the anxiety and relief, the questions nagging at the back of many parents’ minds on results’ day are ‘Did my child get the best possible grades that he could have?’ and, given the amount we invest in our children’s education, ‘Has the school done a good job?’