How reliable are Key Stage 2 tests?
Looking at the reliability of the KS2 tests and the difficulty of individual questions.
The forgotten 31.6%
Nearly a third of pupils don’t achieve a standard pass in English. What do we know about these pupils?
Key Stage 4 performance tables 2018: The impact of 9-1 grades and the removal of ECDL
Analysing what effect 9-1 grades have had on Attainment 8 and Progress 8 scores
More on the comparability of international GCSEs and GCSEs
Further analysis in response to claims that GCSE reforms have favoured pupils in independent schools.
Are IGCSEs easier than GCSEs?
Looking into claims that GCSE reforms have favoured pupils in independent schools.
Long-term outcomes: Does school quality matter?
Looking at how the higher education, employment and earnings outcomes of pupils relate to measures of secondary school quality.
KS2 performance tables 2018: The disadvantage gap, attainment by ethnicity and the impact of capping extreme progress scores
Analysis of the latest primary league tables.
Long-term outcomes: How did life turn out for those who took Level 3 BTEC qualifications?
Comparing the education, employment and earnings outcomes of those who took BTECs and those who took A-Levels.
Some MATs look to have been hit hard by the withdrawal of ECDL
A look at the removal of the European Computer Driving License from performance measures, and the effect on trusts’ results.