He Did It!

His 4th attempt... and he did it! Haileab sat the on-line exam twice in one day, and finally achieved a 56.4% pass mark. Here he is in our ALS teaching room where we have conducted most of our 1:1 "Power Revision" sessions. All our ALS staff were delighted.. I don't know if I was happier at Lewis Hamilton's British Grand Prix win or Haileab's success! Each attempt Haileab made ended up with a measurable increase. There are several aspects to this:

(1) We now have clear preliminary indications that "Power Revision" works... would it work with a small group of 2, 3 or 4 students? I believe it would.

(2) Another contributing factor for this success may be the fact he re-took the exam the same day. (He would not have had the same set of questions, only the same range of six subject areas.) A week ago I had a student who qualified for ALS but who decided to "go it alone" and failed at the first attempt. He re-took the test the same afternoon and passed.

Haileab received so much revision support because much of the taught classes had finished, which released timetable blocks for me to teach. (By the way, during the exams, Haileab received no support, such as reader, scribe, etc. at all.) For many reasons, "Power Revision" sessions may be more effective in a small group setting, provided the students are sitting similar subjects. Well done, Haileab! (Haileab has kindly given his permission to publish these photos, which I took today, on the web.)