INTIATIVES

Vision 2021 for education: “Education is a fundamental element for the development of a nation and the best investment in its youth.”
The United Arab Emirates Vision 2021 has education as its foundation, both explicitly and implicitly.
Vision 2021 includes: 1. aspirations for citizenship 2. a spirit of entrepreneurship 3. enhanced educational attainment 4. knowledge based economy driven by innovation, research, science and technology.
The realization of these aspirations requires a WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION SYSTEM, responsive to national needs and aligned to international standards.
UAE National Agenda includes eight objectives two of those are considered to be the major objectives developed with the intent of placing the UAE among the most successful countries that provide world-class education.
The UAE National Agenda Education Target • PISA: to be among the 20 highest performing countries in PISA • TIMSS: to be among the 15 highest performing countries in TIMSS • High quality teachers: to ensure that 100% of schools have high-quality teachers
The UAE National Agenda Education Target • Highly effective school leadership: to ensure that 100% of public schools have highly-effective school leadership • High skills in Arabic language: to ensure that 90% of Grade9 students develop high skills in Arabic language in the UAE NAP assessment • Completion of high school education: to ensure that 90% of Emirati students complete their high school education
The UAE National Agenda Education Target • Attending pre-primary: to ensure that 95% of children in the UAE attend pre-primary education. • University foundation programme: to ensure that no students need to join the university foundation programme.
What steps has 
taken towards meeting The UAE National Agenda Target?
TIMSS – how did we do in 2015?

 

How well did our students achieve compared to their peers in Dubai?
TIMSS 2019
The Indian International School (IIS)
GRADE 4 Mathematics Science
TIMSS 2015 Target Scores based on 2011 result
532 529
TIMSS 2015 Actual Scores
541 601
TIMSS 2019 Future Target Score
561 611
What is TARGET SET FOR IIS on…

TIMSS 2019 Future Target Score561 61
The benchmarking tool that we use to improve the skills of our students….

ASSET
ASSET stands for Assessment of Scholastic Skills through Educational Testing. It is a scientifically designed, skill-based assessment test. Rather than testing rote learning, it uses multiple-choice questions to focus on measuring how well SKILLS and CONCEPTS underlying the school syllabus have been understood by the student. The test provides information on the strengths and weaknesses of individual students and also entire classes.
The benchmarking tool that we use to improve the skills of our students….
An assessment of reasoning that helps identify a learner developed abilities and likely academic potential. CAT4 is a PURE ABILITY test that will IDENTIFY and help REACH the child’s FULL POTENTIAL.
Verbal Reasoning Thinking with “words”
Quantitative Reasoning Thinking with “numbers”
Non-Verbal Reasoning Thinking with “shapes”
Spatial Reasoning Thinking with “shapes and space”
The IIS National Agenda Initiatives: ✓ Ensure that almost all students are registered and actively take part in the external benchmarking tests like ASSET and CAT4 ✓ Analyze the data received according to the requirements stated in the KHDA Supplementary ✓ Review the gaps and modify the curriculum to meet the content and skill requirements of TIMSS and PISA in mathematics and science ✓ Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the individual and different groups of students to alter teaching strategies and learning outcomes
The IIS National Agenda Initiatives: ✓ Innovation: Triangulation for the teaching/learning and assessment. ✓ Develop an internal assessments that focuses on the skill based questions (IISPSS – Indian International School Problem Solving Skills) ✓ Strengthen the use of higher blooms learning objectives to promote critical thinking and higher order thinking skills in lessons (DLP) ✓ Real life questions and problem solving are done across the grades and in all subject
The IIS National Agenda Initiatives: ✓ Train teachers through regular CPD to incorporate the PISA and TIMSS content and cognitive domain in daily lessons and notebook work (English, Mathematics, Science)