The three Stages are "Basic", "Independent" and "Proficient" and reflect the three levels of the CEFR, whereas the open-ended inventory includes four categories, "Language", "Qualifications", "Core Competencies", and "Complementary skills".
A far lower proportion of Boost participants reported no qualifications (Core 25%, Boost 15%).
The new measure is to be counted in school and college league tables from 2017, combining three strands: an approved vocational qualification equivalent to a level 3 national vocational qualification, a "core maths" qualification and an "extended project" designed to test skills in communication, research and motivation.
They spoke to universities about their minimum requirements and discovered that as long as students had a base of traditional qualifications in core subjects (English language, maths, sciences and languages), new approaches were encouraged.
A huge proportion of young people on JSA don't even have GCSE level qualifications in core subjects like English and Maths, he says, so the priority is to deal with that problem and help them into entry level jobs.
Boost participants had higher qualifications than Core participants as a percentage of all participants who provided a valid answer, but similar levels as a proportion of all participants (Table 4); these differences persisted even after non-response weights were applied.
We will invite exam boards to offer wholly new qualifications in the core subject areas - English, maths, the sciences, history, geography and languages".
We plan to call these new qualifications - in core academic subjects - English Baccalaureate Certificates - recognising that they are the academic foundation which is the secure base on which further study, vocational learning or a satisfying apprenticeship can be built.
We plan to call the new qualifications in these core academic subjects English Baccalaureate Certificates (EBacc) — recognising that they are the foundation on which further study, vocational learning or a satisfying apprenticeship can be built.
The Iron Rice Bowl has been replaced by what's sometimes known as the Rice Bowl of Youth (qing chun fan) — low-level but decent-paying jobs in fields like public relations and sales, for which youth and good looks are considered core qualifications.
Despite being placed at Vernon House in London, an institution that caters for pupils with special needs, having arrived from Jamaica aged seven without the schooling children enjoy here, Sterling emerged from Rainhill High with five GCSEs including qualifications in the core subjects.
