It is scandalous that SNP ministers get to see the first findings from the OECD six months before anyone else. Commission on School Reform Submission to OECD review of Curriculum for Excellence Narrowing the curriculum in S4 The stage of schooling where problems arising from flawed implementation became evident earliest and most clearly is S4. We very much welcome the opportunity to provide some further written input for the OECD Curriculum Review, following the very helpful discussion we had with members of the committee on the 2nd of October 2020. Share this: Back to top. Introduction. For the past decade, Scotland has been putting in place an ambitious reform called the Curriculum for Excellence. The Curriculum for Wales is the cornerstone of Wales efforts to shape an education system led by commonly defined, learner-centred purposes. This builds on the Committees representation in stakeholder sessions run by OECD this past autumn. First paragraph: The recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) review of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) is the latest in a series of opportunities to develop the aspirational goals of CfE; moreover, it is an opportunity that will quickly disappear - as have previous opportunities - if we do not act decisively on the OECD recommendations. There should be a more ambitious theory of change and a more robust evidence base available right across the system, especially about learning outcomes and progress. 08 September 2020. December 2014. The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the think tank Reform Scotland, has called for the urgent reform of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). The OECD review recognises that Curriculum for Excellence is an ambitious and far-sighted reform which Correspondence between the Scottish Government and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the review of Curriculum for Excellence. Education Secretary John Swinney ordered the OECD review to be extended across the entire curriculum for excellence after losing a vote in the Scottish Parliament. Debate: OECD Review of Curriculum for Excellence. OECD Assessment of the Implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence: The Gaelic-Medium Education System and the Curriculum Review. Source: OECD (2017), Starting Strong 2017: Key OECD Indicators on Early Childhood Education and Care (OECD, 2017 [49]); Shuey, E. et al., Curriculum alignment and progression between early childhood education and care and primary school: A brief review and case studies, OECD Education Working Papers (Shuey et al., 2019 [46]). The first meeting of the Scottish Practitioner Forum for the OECD Independent Review of Curriculum for Excellence was held on Thursday 27 August. The review of the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) was undertaken by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).The international experts said CfE was at a 'watershed moment' and changes could deliver a world class system.The curriculum has been operating in schools since 2010 and gives teachers more flexibility over what and how they teach. Amongst these probably the most signicant is A Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) which the members of the OECD review group praise as a radical and apposite response to the need for reform. The Socialist Educational Association Scotland has its view on what will either be missing or edited out. The SEAS views were not invited to participate in the Review. Policy identifier. The SEAS' views were not invited to participate in Even before we began our journey towards curriculum reform the OECD had identified the key role that leadership needed to play in school and system improvement. However, it was announced in April last year that It had originally been expected to be released in February, ahead of the Holyrood election in May. A draft of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) review of the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) was delivered to ministers last month, according to confidential documents. The public deserve to know what the OECD have found in their review of Scottish education. The OECD review of Curriculum for Excellence was originally scheduled for release in February. Key changes needed to curriculum for excellence, says OECD. There is much positive praise in this report for what is being delivered for our children in Scottish schools and for the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence. The Curriculum for Excellence is the most fundamental reform of Scottish education for a generation yet it is not working well enough to deliver high standards in all our schools. The Curriculum Review Group report, A curriculum for excellence (Scottish Executive, 2004a) indicated that the Scottish Executive would: "have agreed by 2006 [my emphasis] the future structure of assessment and qualifications to support learning up to age 16, including simplifying the connections between assessment 5-14, Standard Grade and the National Qualifications" (p.5). The Independent Review of Curriculum for Excellence by OECD is an opportunity to look at the current state of culture in the curriculum against the aims of Scotlands Culture Strategy, Creative Learning Plan, Programme for Government and a myriad of other culture linked strategies. It was developed out of a 2002 consultation exercise the 'National Debate on Education' undertaken by the-then Scottish Executive on the state of school education. In a submission to the OECD ahead of its review of the Broad General Education (BGE) phase of CfE, the Commission, chaired by one ofRead More Sponsored A Curriculum for Excellence (Scottish Executive 2004) and Ambitious, Excellent Schools (Scottish Executive 2004). The written submission is The SNPs decision to postpone releasing the OECDs review into Curriculum for Excellence till after the elections in May 2021 has merely led to heightened speculation about its contents. He told The Sunday Post: Only this SNP government could set up an independent review of Scottish education which schedules in months of ministerial editing and other jiggery-pokery. But for the full potential to be realised, the OECD review team believes some key changes will be needed. The Scottish government has blamed the delay on the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet again we see Christine Grahame voting to hide material which the SNP Government must publish. "The whole purpose of the OECD review was so that we can learn from the many, many mistakes which have been made in the implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence," he said. OECD Independent Review of Curriculum for Excellence. 'Jiggery-pokery' over OECD review of Curriculum for Excellence. AP14-13. Its holistic approach includes Broad General Education from ages 3 to 15 years and this has been put into the spotlight of an OECD review by a team that included leading international experts Andy Hargreaves and Helen Timperley. Dr Keir Bloomer, one of the architects of the Curriculum for Excellence, said the sooner the independent review was published the better. March 17, 2020 15:33 . About Us; Fellows; Funding & Awards; Policy; International; Events; Schools; Publications ; Venue Hire; Published date. The curriculum is embedded in Education in Wales: Our National Mission, an action plan for 2017-21 that falls in line with the Welsh vision for its education system. We welcomed the ndings of the OECDs recent review, Improving Schools in Scotland: An OECD Perspective, and will work with our partners to address its recommendations as we take forward the National Improvement Framework. A draft of the findings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) review of the countrys Curriculum for Excellence was completed last month. Even so, those failings have been largely denied by government. The Socialist Educational Association Scotland has its view on what will either be missing or edited out. Curriculum for Excellence was developed as a result of the Scottish Parliaments Education, Culture and Sport Committees Inquiry into the purposes of Scottish Education and the National Debate on Education over 2002 and 2003. In 2014 the Scottish Government commissioned the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to undertake an independent review of the impact of Curriculum for Excellence. Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence is the subject of a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Royal Society of Edinburghs Education Committee recently prepared a response to the OECD review of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), commissioned by Scottish Government. The OECD review, The Statement on Curriculum for Excellence provides key messages about what teachers and practitioners are expected to do to effectively plan learning, teaching and assessment for all learners.