Is The Common Entrance Exam The Problem?

The above report is from a class of just thirteen children at a public school where the average grade in the class is 54.5%.

We often hear the cry for smaller classes but with just thirteen students in this class, why is the average percentage barely over 50%?

How can 63% in spelling and vocabulary be fairly good?  How can a child score 33% in mathematics and have a comment saying 'Very fair performance in exams', when no exam mark was indicated.

When we look at this kind of school report, can we really blame the Common Entrance Examination for the poor performances of children?

While speaking to the child who is now working with two tutors outside of school and who both indicate that the child is willing to work,  I was appalled to learn that the class refers to the text books by the colour of the book.

The child did not know the name of her text books.  The Mathematics book is the 'Red' book and the English book is the 'Peach book.  

Is this normal in our schools?  What happened to knowing the name of the books and the authors.