Cayman Education News
Education Data Report 2021: Key takeaways and roundup
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This is a summary of key observations gleaned from our series on the Education Data Report 2021.
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Data Report 2021: Key observations from 2021 CSEC results
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On the 2021 CSEC exams, Cayman’s Year 11 students beat the Caribbean average in Maths but not in English. Here is a summary of our key observations about the 2021 CSEC results.
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Data Report 2021: How students with education disabilities fared on Year 11 exams
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Cayman Islands students with potential or verified Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) performed significantly worse on Year 11 exams in 2021 than their peers.
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Data Report 2021: Performance varies greatly among public primary schools
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The level of student performance varies significantly among Cayman Islands public primary schools, with differences in results only partly explained by assessments of students’ pre-existing “thinking abilities”, according to the Education Data Report 2021.
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Data Report 2021: After COVID school closure, drop in Year 6 scores on ‘reasoning’ tests
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In the Fall 2020 term following the closure of schools due to COVID-19, Year 6 public primary school students scored significantly worse on tests designed to measure their reasoning abilities than students had the year before the pandemic.
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Data Report 2021: Clifton Hunter significantly outperforms John Gray on Year 11 exams
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Year 11 students at Clifton Hunter significantly outperformed students at John Gray on 2021 external exams, following a period of 2 years where John Gray had nearly closed the gap in test scores.
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Data Report 2021: Poor Maths scores keep students from attaining ‘national standard’
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Relatively poor performance on Year 11 Maths exams is the primary reason why most Cayman Islands public high school graduates fail to meet the ‘national expected standard’. However, education officials point to better-than-expected Maths results among Year 6 students as a hopeful indicator for the future.
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Data Report 2021: Gender gap narrows; Year 11 girls still outperform boys
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The ‘achievement gap’ between Year 11 girls and boys in Cayman Islands public schools shrank to its smallest margin on record in 2021.
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Data Report 2021: Year 11 exam scores regress to previous levels
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After a spike in test scores in 2020, Year 11 exam results for Cayman Islands public high schools in 2021 regressed to previous levels, with only Clifton Hunter beating its marks from 2019.
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AG gives mostly good marks to education officials, flags lack of long-term financial planning
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Primarily due to COVID-19, several major recommendations – related to strategic direction, school finances and effectiveness of scholarships – have not been put into effect