Belfast VPs’ cluster group

Value Added

May 2014

Why Measure Value Added?

• As a means of self-evaluation• Raising academic standards• As a measure of effectiveness• To inform future curriculum planning• To inform practice in teaching and learning• To provide ETI with information about relative

academic performance• To inform School Development Plan review

Factors(work in progress)

• Outcome measures which reflect all levels of pupil performance

• A measure of each pupil’s prior attainment

• Skills and attitudes at KS2

How do we measure value added?

• Baseline and outcome measures are required at each Key Stage.

• Since 2009, using CEM products - MidYIS in Year 8 and YELLIS in Year 11

• Pupil voice - on line surveys, lesson evaluation

Comparing internal examination results with MidYIS score

Standardised Marks Eng Maths Eng Maths Diff between

standardised average and MidYIS score

MidYIS Score 1 2 Average Rank 1 2 Average

St. Av. Rank

108 50 56 71.7 106 100 104 106 104 114 -4 118 55 48 69.8 111 104 99 105 102 117 -15 115 53 68 78.9 63 103 111 113 113 68 -2 108 63 83 82.1 36 110 120 115 115 55 8 101 71 42 65.9 123 117 96 105 103 116 1 100 45 66 71.6 107 96 110 107 105 110 5 115 47 87 75.3 90 98 122 112 112 74 -2 130 71 84 86.9 16 117 120 121 123 14 -7 131 68 83 88.9 7 114 120 122 125 6 -5 121 58 70 81.7 42 107 112 115 115 54 -5 115 55 70 74.3 95 104 112 109 108 96 -7 116 66 83 77.9 70 113 120 115 115 53 0 108 55 57 64.5 127 104 105 100 96 129 -12 120 60 87 88.1 12 108 122 121 123 13 3 104 49 69 70.6 110 100 112 108 106 109 2 122 68 73 84.0 26 114 114 116 117 36 -5 117 53 79 83.0 30 103 117 116 117 42 0 128 72 70 88.0 13 117 112 120 123 16 -5 109 53 57 70.9 108 103 105 106 104 115 -5 106 44 74 73.2 98 96 114 109 108 100 2 100 50 63 75.6 88 100 108 111 111 79 11 111 56 73 74.8 92 105 114 110 109 93 -2 113 58 86 77.9 70 107 121 112 112 76 -1 120 47 79 76.4 84 98 117 113 113 66 -7 119 50 73 80.3 55 100 114 113 113 67 -6 111 74 79 82.2 35 119 117 117 119 31 8 109 63 59 77.0 79 110 106 113 113 64 4

Key Stage 4

• Yellis testing September • Information session for pupils and parents at the

end of September• Results PLUS teachers’ professional judgement

used to set target grades for each GCSE subject by end of October

• Interim reports produced March of Year 11 , and October and March of Year 12 to supplement the longer, traditional reports produced followed Jan and May examinations

Intervention Strategies

• RAG analysis following each set of reports (including interim reports) to identify any pupils who are underperforming against targets

• Identify those pupils who will benefit from support from Learning Mentor

• Combined between subject teachers and pastoral staff

• Parents informed

Sixth Form

• Similar process followed using GCSE point score as a baseline measure

• Pupils and parents attend an information session at the end of September and receive the C2k generated A level predictions

• Interim reports in October and March of Year 13 and 14

• Examination period in January for both year groups

Future Plans

• Move to GL PiE and PiM in Year 8 to assess literacy and numeracy levels and to stream for English and Mathematics

• CAT4 testing at the beginning of Year 10 (or end of Year 9)

• CAT 4 testing at the beginning of Year 11 to set target grades for GCSE

• Focus on raising standards in literacy and numeracy