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Numeric GCSE grades system pushing down results

The shift to a numeric scoring system for GCSEs is playing havoc with this year’s results, as Attainment 8...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE planning changes to Progress 8 in 2018

The Department for Education will change the methodology for its Progress 8 accountability measure in 2018, after a consultation...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

We need to ditch Progress 8

Progress 8 is an embarrassment, says Tom Sherrington, a measure far removed from any sense of what the quality...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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EBacc ‘increases arts subject entries’ but teacher numbers fall

The EBacc has prompted a rise in pupils taking at least one arts subject at GCSE – but the number...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Schools call on MPs to fight ‘grossly unfair’ Progress 8

School leaders want MPs to fight the government’s “grossly unfair and discriminatory” Progress 8 measure that will award three...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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RSC performance measure quietly dropped

The government stopped judging regional commissioners on how many schools in their regions were in need of an academy...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

Progress 8: beware confidence intervals!

Progress 8 scores offer a better way of looking at school performance than did the A*-C percentage GCSE pass...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The big topics for headteachers in 2016 (and reasons to be cheerful!)

It hasn’t been easy, but Liam Collins is determined to keep “the positive energy up”. I wanted to be...

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Expert Contributor
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Progress 8 scores could fall after ECDL grade recalibration

Schools that enter large numbers of pupils into a fast-track ICT qualification could see Progress 8 scores drop if...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter