By Professor John Robertson, Associate Dean (Quality Assurance) University of the West of Scotland, Faculty of Education 2000-2003 (I know, get me) BBC Scotland, the tabloids and even the Guardian were delighted to see the attainment gap in exams widen in the last year: For example, the most recent figures show that the gap between Higher A-C pass rates for pupils from the most affluent and most deprived areas of the country stood at 17.2, up from 16% last year and 16.9% in 2019. The attainment gap has also increased for National 5s and Advanced Highers. No one, civilised, has … Continue reading The one-year attainment gap has widened but the far more important longer-term trend is: Most disadvantaged attainment level more than doubles in only 12 years