"The government does not question descriptive judgment in primary schools." This is the warning launched by the network of school associations made up of AIMC – ANDISCEMEA – CGD – CIDI – FLC CGIL – LEGAMBIENTE SCHOOL AND TRAINING – MCE – PROTEO FARE SAPERE – UCIIM. The risk of returning to assessments reformed just three years ago worries managers, teachers and families.
For Tuesday 27 February, 17pm is scheduled Press Conference at the Press Room of the Chamber of Deputies in Via della Missione 4. “An amendment presented by the government in the session of the Culture and Education Commission of the Senate on 7 February, during the examination of the DDL relating to voting in conduct, proposes to dismantle there reform which just three years ago introduced descriptive judgment to primary school" says the associations' press release. “In the absence of documentation on the processes in progress, of verification of the experiences conducted in schools, of dialogue with the world of schools and university research, this government decides to interrupt a process of renewal of culture and evaluation practices”. If the amendment passes, it will be the fourth change since 2008. Until then there were opinions, then votes replaced in 2020 by descriptive opinions and now we will move on to synthetic opinions.
An appeal to Minister Valditara
In recent days there was an appeal to the Minister of Education regarding the matter Giuseppe Valditara, by figures from the world of cinema, culture and entertainment - Luca Zingaretti, Stefano Accorsi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudia Gerini, Silvia Vegetti Finzi, Chiara Saraceno and others - who ask to stop a return to the past with the restoration of numerical votes in elementary school. The amendment in question states: "Starting from the 2024/2025 school year, the periodic and final evaluation of the learning, including the teaching of civic education, of pupils in primary school classes is expressed with summary judgments related to the description of the learning levels achieved"
An unmotivated decision from a pedagogical point of view which will further tire those who have already spent a lot of energy to deal constructively with the change introduced just three years ago. The school - join the associations - cannot be constantly affected, in the alternation of governments, by fragmented, contradictory policies, devoid of a coherent and lasting pedagogical vision. Teachers, school managers and parents cannot remain 'hostage' to unfinished reforms, levers of partisan interests. The school must be the expression of values and the unity of the Republic.” The government has an idea of education that is incompatible with progress and the most developed educational theories.
Back and forth Government and opposition
“The reintroduction of summary assessments in primary schools desired by the right-wing government is in fact a return to the past, a regression that would set Italian schools back decades, with very heavy damage for inclusion schools and for the weakest children” , he told theHandle the Democratic Party senator Francesco Verducci.
With a post on Delete instead synthetic judgments, abstruse and incomprehensible such as 'advanced' or 'in the process of first acquisition', replacing them with clear and understandable judgments by all, such as excellent or insufficient”. It's yet another tug of war with teachers and families involved.
