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Claire Dunn, International Manager GL Education
Pupil Attitudes to Self and School
Understanding students’ attitudes webinar
Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT4)
Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS)
New Group Reading Test
PASS is the only genuine psychometric survey to measure attitudes
Attitudes Impact
Attainment (OECD 2014)
Would you like:
• an insight into any obstacles that are blocking the path for your
pupils to maximise their attainment?
• to be able to support emotionally vulnerable students more
effectively?
• to be able to measure the impact of intervention activities
focussed on students’ wellbeing?
• to help staff challenge assumptions about school and students?
IN A NUTSHELL
A survey that measures pupils' attitudes towards themselves as learners
and their school environment
• Whole school, annual online survey
• Comprises 50 short psychometric statements
• Raise standards of attainment and pupil wellbeing
• Tackle challenging behaviour
• Identifies attendance issues
• Target and support individuals through tailored intervention programmes
• Enhance your post-levels assessment framework by enabling schools to build a truly
holistic view of each pupil.
• Establish your pupils’ perceptions of their school and learning experience (pupil voice)
• Helps identify barriers to learning
• Establishes profiles of pupil wellbeing, attendance, behaviour and fragile learners
• Helps to support emotionally vulnerable young people and those with possible mental
health issues
• Informs teaching and learning strategies and intervention programmes
• Challenges your own perception of your pupils
• You cannot observe every lesson but your pupils do.
BENEFITS
FEATURES
• Unique psychometric attitudinal survey covering ages 4-7 and 8-18+
• Quick to administer
• 6 years to develop, involving 4 universities, 20 UK Local Authorities and hundreds of
children in focus groups and pilot studies
• Used in over 2,000 schools across the UK and internationally
• Robustly standardised against a sample of over 600,000 respondents
• Instant reporting
The 9 Attitudinal Measures Factor
1: Feelings about school
2: Perceived learning capability
3: Self regard
4: Preparedness for Learning
5: Attitudes for teachers
6: General work ethic
7: Confidence in learning
8: Attitudes to attendance
9: Response to curriculum demands
ATTITUDINAL FACTORS 1. Feelings about School
Measures pupils’ sense of well-being, safety and comfort in school
2. Perceived Learning Capability Measures pupils’ view of how positive & successful they feel in their specific capabilities as learners
3. Self-regard as a learner Measures the impact of learning on their self concept more generally
4. Preparedness for Learning Measures pupils’ perceptions of behaviour and attitude in learning situations (metacognitive skills)
5. Attitudes to Teachers Measures pupils’ perceptions of their relationships with teachers and other staff in school
6. General Work Ethic Measures pupils’ motivation to work in general. This is a life skill, not just about school
7. Confidence in Learning Confidence in approaching and dealing with learning, and perseverance when presented with challenging tasks
8. Attitudes to Attendance Exactly what it says! Do I want to come to school, and stay there when I am there?
9. Response to Curriculum Demands Measures pupils’ motivation to do school work. Will working hard in school help me?
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
LEVEL 1 ANALYSIS
LEVEL 2 ANALYSIS
WHAT DO THE GRAPHS TELL US? • The bars on the chart represent the Percentage Maximum Score. This is a score
relative to the maximally positive response to a question
• The figures in the table below each chart express the Percentile Rank for each factor
based on the Percentage Maximum Score. These percentiles are benchmarked against
national norms providing a standardised indication of attitudes in the school.
LEVEL 3 ANALYSIS – INDIVIDUAL PUPIL PROFILES
PASS ‘How To …’ help videos
http://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/products/pass-pupil-attitudes-self-and-school/pass-excel-video-tutorials
Who usually looks at the report and uses the
data?
Level 1 analysis – senior management team; post of
responsibility for PASS
Level 2 analysis – senior management team; staff with specific responsibilities; year heads; class teachers
Level 3 analysis – staff with specific responsibilities, e.g. Senco; class teachers; support staff
School:
Survey period:
Interpretation & Analysis Workbook
Key Stage 2- 4
Fragile Learners
• Apparent track record of success
• Self-doubt
• Vulnerability e.g. home / peers
• Need protection
“I thought they’d have done better than that”
Room for
improvement
through
coaching type
approaches
Sound bet for
delivery, carry
on
Potential for
improvement,
needs balanced
approach +
mentoring
Higher risk of
non-delivery,
support on self
regard +
‘cognitive’
mentoring
High
High
Perceived learning
capability
Attainment or CAT data
Low
Use of attitude data in Target Setting
Fragile Learner protection
Learning capability –
perception v. reality
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
59 69 79 89 99 109 119 129 139
Perc
eiv
ed L
earn
ing C
apabilit
y
Non-Verbal/Spatial Mean
EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
Mentoring
(F3) Mentoring (F2 & F3)
Study Support (F4)
Reading Support (F9)
INDIVIDUAL PUPIL PROFILE
What is the Online Intervention System? - an online application that allows a school to feed in its scores either as a whole school or for individual pupils.
- generates a report on the strengths and areas for development either for the whole school or for individual pupils with suggestions for development strategies & intervention.
PASS – Student Level
Any questions or comments?
