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Strategies for Improving Student Achievement: Key Targets and Resources for Schools

This comprehensive guide outlines essential strategies for improving student achievement across primary and secondary education. It highlights key targets for pupil attainment in English, Maths, and Science as well as the significance of GCSE subject residuals in understanding performance disparities. The document discusses funding schemes including the Standards Fund and the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) initiative aimed at enhancing ICT standards in schools. Additionally, it provides various resources for educators, including links to national curriculum guidance and useful educational websites for support.

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Strategies for Improving Student Achievement: Key Targets and Resources for Schools

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  1. Stuart Powell Principal Adviser

  2. Improvement in Progress(how well pupils achieve): Primary

  3. Improvement in Progress(how well pupils achieve): Secondary

  4. Quality of Teaching: Primary

  5. Quality of Teaching: Secondary

  6. National Targets for Pupils Achievingat least Level 5 • Schools to set targets for En, Ma and Sc by end of April 2001 for the 2002 tests • LEAs may have to set a minimum target of 65% for En and Ma, and 60% for Sc

  7. GCSE Subject Residuals • A residual is the difference between a pupil’s result in one subject and the average of all their results • When calculated nationally, a residual highlights the differences in difficulty between subjects • The comparison of residuals for a county or school with the national residuals shows the relative attainment of pupils in different subjects • Variations due to differences in ability are removed, since results are compared with other results of the same pupil

  8. An Example of a Residual • A* = 8 points, A = 7, B = 6, C = 5, D = 4, etc • Attainment in maths = Grade C • Attainment in other subjects = A, B, B, D ,E, C • Points score in maths = 5 • Points score in other subjects = 31 • Average score for subjects other than maths is 31/6 = 5.17 • Performance in maths is almost a fifth of a grade lower than the average for all other subjects

  9. 2001 GCSE Residuals by GenderReligious Studies

  10. 2001 GCSE Residuals by GenderScience

  11. 2001 GCSE Residuals by GenderInformation Studies

  12. Resources • Started in April 1998 - £1.9M • Standards Fund 1999 - £1.7M • Standards Fund 2000 - £4.9M (including just over £1M for Broadband connectivity) • Standards Fund 2001 - £4.93M (including just over £1M for Broadband connectivity) • Standards Fund 2002 - £8M (including £1.5M for Broadband connectivity)

  13. Resources

  14. Resources

  15. Resources

  16. Resources

  17. Resources • Laptops for Teachers: watch your payslip for details of an innovative leasing scheme which takes advantage of tax benefits

  18. ECDL: A Hertfordshire Initiative • The aim of ECDL is to raise standards of ICT in schools by developing IT skills to an internationally recognised standard • EDCL is being offered to teachers in all Hertfordshire Schools from April 2002 • Teaching assistants, administrative and technical staff may also access this scheme • A pilot scheme will operate prior to this date

  19. What is the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)? • An internationally recognised IT qualification • 7 modules covering basic IT skills, with each module being tested • A qualification awarded by the British Computer Society in the UK

  20. http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/index.htm

  21. http://www.thegrid.org.uk/leadership/index.html

  22. Sources of Help • Look again at the revised themes from National Curriculum 2000 • Look at the non-statutory guidance on the SEU site • Look out for Exemplification of Standards linked to NC and Standards site • What does a level 4 look like? • Use of ICT across the curriculum - helping teachers to make judgements about subject content in addition to the ICT level • ICT Tests in Key Stage 3 (Currently 72% attain level 5)

  23. Useful Sites • www.qca.org.uk • www.standards.dfes.gov.uk • www.nc.uk.net • www.rm.com • www.la_hq.org.uk/directory/prof_issues • www.vtc.gov.uk • www.teachernet.gov.uk • www.fishertrust.org • www.ofsted.gov.uk • www.intra.thegrid.org.uk • www.thegrid.org.uk

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