回复“260以上不算top 3%吧”T-score不是正态分布。由T-score的平均值和每年学生的medium不同，可以看出。每年的medium分数远高于平均值200。
260基本是top 3%， 有时是261。MOE每年会奖励那些top 3%，并且进入independent schools的孩子（因为independent schools的学费较高），为他们提供$2400/year的学费。top 3%的cutoff point 在260左右。
更正：平均值低，难度高
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回复“260以上不算top 3%吧”T-score不是正态分布。由T-score的平均值和每年学生的medium不同，可以看出。每年的medium分数远高于平均值200。
260基本是top 3%， 有时是261。MOE每年会奖励那些top 3%，并且进入independent schools的孩子（因为independent schools的学费较高），为他们提供$2400/year的学费。top 3%的cutoff point 在260左右。
N年前有个状元293分，还一直以为那年考试很容易。。。
原来那年很难。。。
回复“260以上不算top 3%吧”T-score不是正态分布。由T-score的平均值和每年学生的medium不同，可以看出。每年的medium分数远高于平均值200。
260基本是top 3%， 有时是261。MOE每年会奖励那些top 3%，并且进入independent schools的孩子（因为independent schools的学费较高），为他们提供$2400/year的学费。top 3%的cutoff point 在260左右。
尚达曼说PSLE把孩子分得太细了。
Tharman supports rebalancing of PSLE system
His experience as education minister tells DPM exam sorts pupils too finely
Published on Oct 29, 2012
By Matthias Chew
DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam gave his views yesterday on calls to ease the pressure pupils face at the Primary School Leaving Examination.
The heart of the problem, he observed, was that the exam differentiates pupils based on an aggregate of their exact score.
Noting that this meant Primary 6 pupils are sorted even more finely than students in Secondary 4, who receive a letter grade for their exams, he said: "It is inevitable that parents and teachers will place great emphasis on preparing their children for the PSLE."
He said fine-grain differentiation at a young age was something that will have to studied.
Also to be considered are how pupils are posted to secondary schools on the basis of those grades, and how schools, particularly the top ones, can be made more diverse.
DPM Tharman was speaking at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of philanthropist Tan Lark Sye.
He stressed, however, that he was not making policy pronouncements but rather drawing from his experience as the education minister from 2003 to 2008.
He said reducing the focus on exams at an early age will allow attention to be placed on the other goals of education.
"In my opinion, it's only possible to succeed in character education and encouraging students to question and think originally if we create real space for it in the education system," he said.
In recent months, there has been a growing debate about the PSLE, an exam that many parents and MPs have criticised for being too high-stakes. Last month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an interview that the exam needed to be reviewed to reduce the over-pressure felt.
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat has been tasked to engage Singaporeans in a national conversation on key issues facing the nation, including educational concerns.
Exam strain had prompted some to even call for the PSLE to be abolished entirely. But Mr Tharman warned that any change to the PSLE system is something that has to be studied carefully, to ensure that it does not undermine the meritocratic basis of the education system.
Stressing the need to find the right trade-offs, he said: "This is a complex issue and we cannot rush any changes."
Speaking to a primarily Chinese-educated audience, Mr Tharman also took the opportunity to defend the Government's language policy.
Addressing concerns that Chinese proficiency among the young is falling, the Deputy Prime Minister said that views hinged on one's point of reference.
If one compares today's level with the proficiency achieved in the Chinese-medium schools of old, then standards have fallen. But if compared to the standards among English-educated Singaporeans in the past, it is an improvement, he said.
"We have to remember that in the pre-independence period, it was not compulsory to study the mother tongue. Many could not even write their names in Chinese, or were embarrassed to speak in Chinese," he added.
He noted that there was now a lot of interest in learning the language.
Education Ministry surveys show that more than 90 per cent of English-speaking Chinese parents feel it is important for their children to learn Chinese, he said.
"That is an achievement, and it came about because of our bilingual education strategy. We lost something, but we gained something," he added.
mattchew@sph.com.sg
His experience as education minister tells DPM exam sorts pupils too finely
Published on Oct 29, 2012
By Matthias Chew
DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam gave his views yesterday on calls to ease the pressure pupils face at the Primary School Leaving Examination.
The heart of the problem, he observed, was that the exam differentiates pupils based on an aggregate of their exact score.
Noting that this meant Primary 6 pupils are sorted even more finely than students in Secondary 4, who receive a letter grade for their exams, he said: "It is inevitable that parents and teachers will place great emphasis on preparing their children for the PSLE."
He said fine-grain differentiation at a young age was something that will have to studied.
Also to be considered are how pupils are posted to secondary schools on the basis of those grades, and how schools, particularly the top ones, can be made more diverse.
DPM Tharman was speaking at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of philanthropist Tan Lark Sye.
He stressed, however, that he was not making policy pronouncements but rather drawing from his experience as the education minister from 2003 to 2008.
He said reducing the focus on exams at an early age will allow attention to be placed on the other goals of education.
"In my opinion, it's only possible to succeed in character education and encouraging students to question and think originally if we create real space for it in the education system," he said.
In recent months, there has been a growing debate about the PSLE, an exam that many parents and MPs have criticised for being too high-stakes. Last month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an interview that the exam needed to be reviewed to reduce the over-pressure felt.
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat has been tasked to engage Singaporeans in a national conversation on key issues facing the nation, including educational concerns.
Exam strain had prompted some to even call for the PSLE to be abolished entirely. But Mr Tharman warned that any change to the PSLE system is something that has to be studied carefully, to ensure that it does not undermine the meritocratic basis of the education system.
Stressing the need to find the right trade-offs, he said: "This is a complex issue and we cannot rush any changes."
Speaking to a primarily Chinese-educated audience, Mr Tharman also took the opportunity to defend the Government's language policy.
Addressing concerns that Chinese proficiency among the young is falling, the Deputy Prime Minister said that views hinged on one's point of reference.
If one compares today's level with the proficiency achieved in the Chinese-medium schools of old, then standards have fallen. But if compared to the standards among English-educated Singaporeans in the past, it is an improvement, he said.
"We have to remember that in the pre-independence period, it was not compulsory to study the mother tongue. Many could not even write their names in Chinese, or were embarrassed to speak in Chinese," he added.
He noted that there was now a lot of interest in learning the language.
Education Ministry surveys show that more than 90 per cent of English-speaking Chinese parents feel it is important for their children to learn Chinese, he said.
"That is an achievement, and it came about because of our bilingual education strategy. We lost something, but we gained something," he added.
mattchew@sph.com.sg
回复：分享一点孩子选/上小学的经验1。 偶觉得，孩子爱CCA项目（或父母找来的项目，或他们自己找来的项目）是最重要的。只有孩子热爱，才会竭尽全力，才会做得好。这样DSA成功的可能性才会大。如果没有那么热爱的项目，读书好也一样进名校。
2。 补习不是成绩好的先决条件。如果补习很见效，说明孩子是个会学习的孩子。只要能manage过来，就让他们去补习。如果不见效，就说明孩子还需要其他方面的发展（比如，家长要培养他们的时间性，自觉性，能集中精力，等等），而不是只推出去补习。
偶觉得补习不用开始太早，除非孩子的功课跟不上了。补习会给孩子带来惰性和依赖性。到6年级年中，多数科目已经学完，可以开始补习，做个全面的温习才有效。在这之前，家长要monitor孩子的进展，表扬他们的长处，帮助他们的弱项，和他们共同成长。
3。 英文可以上enrichment class，但不要去那些针对考试，一直做试卷的中心。偶在家不敢和孩子讲英文，怕把她带坏了。结果担心英文环境不好，让她上过speech and drama, story reading,etc的英文班。主要让她对英文有母语的感觉。
4。偶对uniform不大熟悉。个人觉得如果选择uniform group来做DSA(如果有uniform group DSA的话） ,可能需要做uniform group的leader， (more...)
Uniform group是制服团体
小学主要就是男童军和女童军
中学有童军、学生警察、学生军等。
男孩子如果在学生警察或学生军当到高位，对以后当兵服役时有好处，比较有可能派到军官学校officer cadet school.
中学有童军、学生警察、学生军等。
男孩子如果在学生警察或学生军当到高位，对以后当兵服役时有好处，比较有可能派到军官学校officer cadet school.
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