Cayman Education News
Education Data Report 2020: Key takeaways and roundup
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This is a summary of key observations gleaned from our series on the Education Data Report 2020.
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This is a summary of key observations gleaned from our series on the Education Data Report 2020.
We have created a sortable and searchable table to explore end-of-high-school test results for Cayman Islands public schools.
Students receiving school-based support for potential Special Education Needs and Disabilities appear to perform markedly better on Year 11 exams than peers in the first stage of being monitored for SEND.
How prepared a student is for high school could depend on which public primary school they attend.
Government statistics show that many students are already at a learning disadvantage by the time they exit primary school.
For all its disruptions, the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t affect the “significant achievement gap between boys and girls” in Cayman Islands public schools.
Year 11 public school students achieved their best-ever results on standardised exams in 2020, with Layman Scott High School setting the benchmark and scores jumping at both of Grand Cayman’s secondary schools.