The predictive validity of FFT and CATs is basically an extension to the baseline versus aptitude test I have been reviewing the past few days. It is a question of whether a student’s ability to pass a known knowledge test for which …
Measuring and analysing achievement and attainment Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 is one part of my role. Raising ‘achievement and progress’ is another part. (I am still not sure why we have different wording, but there you go). …
You know it’s been an exciting day when you get a post title like the one above and yet, I hope I might be able save my data colleagues some valuable time. Having written (and re-written and updated) my first governors …
A derth of deadlines haunts many professional teachers. Leading on data means that I am not only subject to those deadlines, a set them those deadlines. In setting and managing those deadlines this terms, this is what I have learnt. The …
Having only lead the use of data for learning a short period of time, I have already read, heard and felt a degree of distrust in the use of FFT for art and design and other creative subjects. At the …
Having spent some time understanding and sharing the impact of KS2 APS it was very reassuring to watch our Director of Progress introduce an academic mentoring programme that introduced an assessment flightplan based on student prior attainment and expected attainment. …
It has been a long time since I had to actually calculate a confidence interval, my research statistics class at SIUE to be precise. It’s hard to forget such riveting lectures such ‘Surely God loves .06 as much as he …
Unvalidated, validated and final data – another lesson learnt. August the results are in. Sept is a period of investigations and re-mark requests. October each school has the opportunity to check its data (ASCL Leadership of Data strongly recommended we …
