changes and challenges panel chris paterson
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Secondary school accountability reforms in practice
Chris Paterson
Core objectives
•Improve outcomes for all pupils; and•‘Close the gap’ between
disadvantaged pupils and the rest
5 A*-C EM incentives
Chance of one extra grade +/- being critical
Disadvantaged pupils (FSM)
Headline measure: Progress 8
•Main headline measure / floor standard from 2016.
•Isolates the ‘value added’ by a school.•Benchmarks school against the average
performance of a school with the same intake (based on level of prior attainment).
Progress 8 vs 5 A*-C incentives
Equal reward for any grade advancement – ‘every child matters’
Government curriculum objective
•Pupils should take ‘high value’ qualifications as part of a ‘broad and balanced’ curriculum, with a particular emphasis on securing an ‘academic core’.
Attainment 8Basket Slot Subject Detail Weighting1 1 English Compulsory X 2
2 Maths2 3 EBacc 1 EBacc subjects X 1
4 EBacc 2
5 EBacc 33 6 Other 1 Approved vocational, further EBacc
subjects, other GCSE subjectsX 1
7 Other 2
8 Other 3
Attainment 8 in practice
APS8 = Attainment 8ND = percentile within national distribution (100 as highest)
Attainment 8 – breakdown
Difference in Attainment 8 scores driven exclusively by patterns of qualifying entries.
Attainment 8 in practice
APS8 = Attainment 8ND = percentile within national distribution (100 as highest)
Attainment 8 – breakdown
Difference in Attainment 8 scores driven around 80% by performance per entry
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