how will the “level groups” be constituted in college?

This is information likely to be of interest to many parents of teenagers about to enter college. At a time when the government is carrying out a transformation of the French education system – announcement made in December 2023 by Gabriel Attal when he was still a tenant on rue Grenelle, and provides for the establishment of “school level groups” Parents’ questions about the methodology for distributing middle school students are entirely legitimate.

Because if the details of this initiative must still be refined by the government of Gabriel Attal, the latter has confirmed the entry into force of these groups intended to improve student learning from the start of the 2024 school year. An announcement on which the Prime Minister returned, this Friday March 8, 2024, to face journalists from C to you on France 5. The tenant of Matignon sees this as a necessary measure to get out of the “college uniform” and promote a general increase in the level of education of middle school students.

Gabriel Attal: “The college is no longer able to reduce the gaps”

“From the start of the next school year, students will be in level groups for French and mathematics in 6th and 5th grade. The objective is that everyone can start to progress”recalled, on Friday March 8, 2024, the Prime Minister on the set of C to you. Should we see a separation between the best and the worst students at the risk of further increasing the differences in levels?

Not at all believes the tenant of Matignon compared to our colleagues, recalling that in the current state, the teaching staff is already unable to reduce the gaps. “Between sixth and third grades, the college is no longer able to reduce the gaps and help everyone progress”declared Gabriel Attal before illustrating his remarks with testimonies from teachers collected during his brief stint as Minister of National Education.

Gabriel Attal: “There will always be heterogeneous classes”

“This is what the teachers say: ‘At the back of the class, I have students who don’t understand what we are doing, they don’t follow. And among the first two rows of the class, I have students who understand everything, but who could go much further and who are bored. I find myself doing an average course to try to get everyone on board’”, he explained.

The objective of the school level groups in French and Mathematics is above all to reduce these gaps between middle school students destined to integrate heterogeneous classes. “Level groups are not level classes. There will always be heterogeneous classes with students of different levels, but in French and mathematics, for all hours of the week, they will be in level groups to help everyone progress.he explained.

The distribution decided by the colleges?

How should students be distributed at the start of the school year? “The texts will be taken in the coming days. At the very beginning of the year, teachers must themselves be able to assess the level of students to say in which group they will be placed. At the end of the year, we will also have to take stock”detailed Gabriel Attal.

“The minister is right to say that we must allow flexibility and flexibility to establishments. A student who is in the group of students in difficulty, who is progressing well, must be able to move into the group above . We will give establishments flexibility so that they can define how and when a student can change group because their level has progressed.”, he continued. In other words, the government leaves room for maneuver to establishments to implement the most appropriate methodology to constitute these groups of educational levels.

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