Raising achievement matters

1
Raising achievement matters

• For individuals
• Increased lifetime salary
• Improved health

• For society
• Lower criminal justice costs
• Lower health-care costs
• Increased economic growth

2
Formative assessment / AfL delivers higher
achievement
3
Formative assessment / AfL delivers higher
achievement

• Effect size of AfL quoted as 0.4 0.8 sd
• This would equate to a 20 increase in national
  5 A-C figures
• But

4
Formative assessment / AfL delivers higher
achievement

• Effect size of AfL quoted as 0.4 0.8 sd
• This would equate to a 20 increase in national
  5 A-C figures
• But
• In 10 years of AfL development we have seen
  nothing like these increases.

5
LA support for schools implementing TLCs

• Model 1 (All school staff involved in TLCs)
• RR delivers initial whole staff INSET
• RR models role of TLC leader for workshop 1 (all
  groups)
• RR chairs regular support meetings for TLC
  leaders

6
LA support for schools implementing TLCs

• Model 2 (Selected staff involved in TLCs)
• RR acts as TLC leader for one group
• RR undertakes regular joint planning with other
  TLC leaders

7
LA support for schools implementing TLCs

• What are the possibilities?
• Secondary
• RR has 20 days support funded by DCSF AfL
  strategy of which half has yet to be allocated
• RR could be bought in directly by individual
  schools
• Lead consultants may be able to provide similar
  kinds of support
• Could develop new models using components of
  model 1 and model 2

8
LA support for schools implementing TLCs

• What are the possibilities?
• Primary
• DCSF AfL funding focussed on APP development
• IoE consultants contracted to support above
  process
• ..but
• IoE consultants could provide support for AfL
  development
• RR could be bought in directly by individual
  schools

9
LA support for schools implementing TLCs

• What are the possibilities?
• Online support
• A TLC support group as an online forum hosted on
  the London Managed Learning Environment (LMLE,
  Fronter)
• How would the group function?
• What materials would you want to access online?