Expectations and Target Setting – The use of Statistical Data

Acronyms
Expectations and Target
Setting – The use of
Statistical Data
•MIDYIS
• FFT
•ALIS
• YELLIS
You have five minutes to work out these
acronyms and what they are testing.
Sources of available data
• KS3
Teacher assessment
against National
Curriculum levels
FFT – Fischer Family
Trust
MIDYIS – Middle Years
Information System
Predictions using David
Jesson research
• KS4
FFT – Fischer Family Trust
YELLIS – Year Eleven
Information System
• Post 16
FFT – Fischer Family Trust
ALIS – A Level Information
System
How Data is Used by the School
Fischer Family Trust
• Charitable government organisation.
• Uses the data prediction system from the University of Durham.
• KS4 Information based on five A-C and is updated three times a
year based on SLASK returns (numbers of students, free school
meals, SEN, EAL, Family set up etc).
• Local Authorities set Schools targets based on FFT.
• FFT now include a two level progress indicator for Maths and
English.
• FFT also reflects National Trends and Expectations of performance
of schools based on past performance.
• For further information go to www.fischerfamilytrust.org.uk
Activities
•Use the KS4 data available to select a student who
is underachieving in two of the three core subjects.
•What targets or strategies would you set to enable
these students to make progress towards their
targets?
• Using KS2/3 Predictions and available data for
identified students, discuss areas that need to be
focused on.
•What targets would you set and what strategies
would achieve these targets?
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Impact of Data on Classroom
Practice
• SEF (School Evaluation Form) identifies
whole school targets.
• Departments implement the whole school
targets and set their own learning targets.
• Teaching group targets are then set from
the above.
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