League tables at school

There are some negatives of league tables at school. Actually in my opinion there is only few positives such as competition among school which MIGHT lead to a better results, and help for a parents to choose the right place for their children.

The Case Against Reporting Individual School Results
Reporting the literacy and numeracy outcomes of individual schools, providing public
comparisons of school results and ranking schools in league tables of school results:
• provides misleading and inaccurate information to parents about school
performance;
• punishes, humiliates and demoralises students, teachers and schools;
• leads to greater inequities in schooling and social segregation of schools;
• biases teaching priorities;
• promotes competition about image and diverts efforts and resources from
effective school improvement;
• discourages collaboration between schools and discourages parents from seeing
themselves as partners in schooling; and
• does not lead to better quality schools.

To find whole article, link this: http://www.schoolparents.canberra.net.au/League%20Tables%20Exec%20Summary.pdf

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