How attainment gaps emerge from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4, part two
There are quite substantial differences when value added is looked at by region
There are quite substantial differences when value added is looked at by region
Once KS1 Levels are no longer the starting point for value added calculations, a number of challenges exist
Exploring some of the problems with using commercial tests to measure pupil progress
Announcing a new report for secondary schools that gives a different way of looking at value added.
Is it real underperformance, or something else? The Datalab team take a look at the issue.
How well do schools’ value added (VA) scores at Key Stage 1 correlate with their value added scores at Key Stage 2? Do schools with high scores on one tend to achieve a high score on the other? Or do schools with low VA scores at KS1 tend to achieve high VA scores at KS2? [...]