RMF2010 Abstracts
Session: 16 - Tuesday 6th July AM (9.15 - 12.45)
Title: School effectiveness
Name: Anna Vignoles
Affiliation: NCRM ADMIN node
Abstract Details
In the UK, School League Tables are used extensively as one of the key measures of school effectiveness. However it has been widely recognised that there are problems with some of these measures. The UK government recently introduced a new measure of school effectiveness (Contextualised Value Added (CVA)), which adjusts schools' expected performance to take account not only of pupil prior attainment but also some other pupil and school characteristics. This session follows Monday's joint ADMIN, LEMMA, CEMMAP event covering methodological issues around the measurement of value added, school performance and use of school league tables.