Uniquely Spore-Study shows if you do poorly in PSLE, you do poorly in life..
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Jun 30, 2022, 9:45 PM SGT

SINGAPORE - Researchers at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) have found a strong link between pupils' socio-economic status and their academic performance.
In 2019, they analysed data from 875 Primary 6 pupils enrolled in Malay/Muslim self-help group Yayasan Mendaki's tuition scheme and used cluster analysis to group the pupils into two blocs.
Cluster analysis is a process which groups subjects with similar traits and characteristics together to form "clusters".

The researchers found that the pupils fell into two clusters, with pupils in the first having better PSLE scores, and pupils in the second doing worse.
Pupils in the first group also tended to be of a relatively higher socio-economic status, while those with indicators related to having a lower socio-economic platform tended to perform worse.
Some of the indicators of socio-economic status that the researchers used were the type of residence, whether or not the pupil lived in a rental block, and the household's per person income.

An extension of this pilot study was conducted three years later, also by SUSS, looking at 2,541 primary-level pupils.

The pupils fell into three clusters, whose characteristics followed those identified in the first study.
Pupils in the first cluster had a higher household per capita income, a lower rate of living in rental housing and a smaller household size. They also did better in literacy and numeracy.
Pupils in the second cluster were in the middle in terms of socio-economic status and were also in the middle in terms of academic performance, while those in the third cluster skewed towards a lower socio-economic status and had the worst grades.


Link between grades and family finances

A pilot study by Mendaki and the Singapore University of Social Sciences looking at students in the Mendaki Tuition Scheme found a strong association between their academic performance in PSLE and their socio-economic background.

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Researchers said this study provides increasing evidence of the link between lower socio-economic status and lower academic achievement.
The paper said: "The findings of this study indicate clearly that the issue of the Malay community's underperformance goes beyond school support, with social and income inequalities affecting academic outcomes."
Associate Professor Sylvia Chong, who was the principal investigator in both studies, said they provide a baseline for future research.
She said: "A longitudinal study - which looks at the same variables over a longer period of time - would be very useful for Mendaki moving forward."
Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Defence Zaqy Mohamad, who is deputy chairman of Mendaki, said the findings would help Mendaki make data-driven and informed decisions.
He said: "We have better capabilities now to use data to run our programmes, launch new programmes, and fill up the gaps of how we can help the community."
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very obvious still need to do study
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#3

Because they link everything else to this one exam.
Entrance to best schools.
Being taught by good teachers in gifted and IP programmes while those who score poorly are given the worst teachers and schools.

Setting low expectations on the students hence investing less in them.

In many countries early testing and adult outcomes have far lower correlations Early testing has been abolished due to negative outcomes.

In Singapore its like this you do badly once you don't just have to improve but have to fight the whole system that labelled you.

It becomes self fulfilling prophesy of the label.

When I gave tuition I had to undo the damage cause by streaming and early testing. Only then I can get the self confidence back and build the person up and educate him.

The Singapore system is good at picking elites and sorting humans in a hard sort mechanism. It is a kind of social engineering.

PSLE should be abolished. It has caused so much damage already.

I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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(01-07-2022, 01:52 PM)sgbuffett Wrote:  Because they link everything else to this one exam.
Entrance to best schools.
Being taught by good teachers in gifted and IP programmes while those who score poorly are given the worst teachers and schools.

Setting low expectations on the students hence investing less in them.

In many countries early testing and adult outcomes have far lower correlations Early testing has been abolished due to negative outcomes.

In Singapore its like this you do badly once you don't just have to improve but have to fight the whole system that labelled you.

It becomes self fulfilling prophesy of the label.

When I gave tuition I had to undo the damage cause by streaming and early testing. Only then I can get the self confidence back and build the person up and educate him.

The Singapore system is good at picking elites and sorting humans in a hard sort mechanism. It is a kind of social engineering.

PSLE should be abolished. It has caused so much damage already.

They cannot say it's because the family is more affluent so they link it to psle. Fact is they r already richer.
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I fail to understand the purpose of this research when parents are being told again ad again that exam results does not matter by our elected politicians, with most of them representing a party that promotes elitism.
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https://mustsharenews.com/success-cases-psle-grades/
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#7

their parents are to blame too. how often did they bring their children to the libraries? or bought sets of encyclopedia for them to read? or just a hp for them to play with?
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I remember got one forumer here claim to be top PSLE student but does not seem to have done well from what we can see.

I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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(01-07-2022, 02:16 PM)sgbuffett Wrote:  I remember got one forumer  here claim to be top PSLE student but does not seem to have done well from what we can see.
PSLE got top or bottom meh. I thought just passed or failed. BTW who is that forum member?..... Thinking

 Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge
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#10

Not true all . Yes, majority cos they r lazy with v low exoectations, unambitious, no will power personally n by parents to push forward n no proper counselling.
They depend v much on their God to guide them . But God only helps those who help themselves.
Nowadays, with the new ITE revamped, kids have got lots of choices to succeed in life, depends on yr potentials, passion n interests.
Know of so many success stories of ITE students..2 kids of my friend, no good in academic studies but v good in hands on...they cud dismantle bikes n computers n reinstalled them, ie, they cud repair computers...with money saved n parents helo, they finished their IT course in melbourne in shortest possible time....now back in singapore, their services in great demand, joined MNCs n bot new landed property, drive bmw after working for less than 5 yrs!
The other 2 sons of my friend..no good in academics but love music , drama n doing well with sota n the other son specialising in sports med , mgt, intend to b his own boss. These r all specialusef sunrise professions
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