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"Explain why the most successful achievers in the education system are white, middle and upper class, and increasingly female" In this essay I am going to explain if GCSE s is a useful indicator for a success, why girls do better than boys? Upper class children do better than lower class children some Asian groups do better than other in their education e.g. Indian and why black children are not doing well in the school? GCSE GCSE is a useful indicator because this indicates achievement at the end of compulsory schooling and is an opportunity to further / higher education or even for better employment. The main purposes of public examinations are Selection ;is to select students for the next level of education in a situation in which the number of places at each successive level is reduced (e.g., from primary to secondary school) Some examinations are designed solely for selection e.g. the...

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