Collaborative Approaches to 14-19 Provision - Communities and ...

14-19 PATHFINDERS: THE SECOND YEARSECTION TWO: EVALUATION METHODOLOGYKey points‣ Main methods: documentary analysis, selective literature review, surveys, case studies‣ Conducted February 2004 – December 200436. The evaluation built on the work undertaken by the universities of Leeds and Exeterduring 2002/3 which led to a report on the first year of the 14-19 Pathfinders (Higham,Haynes, Wragg & Yeomans, 2004).37. The second year evaluation had the following main aims:1. to assess the extent to which the Phase One 14-19 Pathfinders and unfunded 14-19partnerships continue to develop and take forward best practice in creating a morecoherent 14-19 phase at LEA, consortia, institutional and individual levels;2. to assess the extent to which the new Phase Two 14-19 Pathfinders develop bestpractice in creating a more coherent 14-19 phase, including in the more radical waysoutlined in the 2003/04 prospectus;3. to relate the findings from the Phase One and Phase Two 14-19 Pathfinders to theacademic and official literature and to models of provision and practice developed for14-19 provision;4. to continue to explore and analyse the opportunities for, and constraints on, thedevelopment of the 14-19 phase in the 14-19 Pathfinders;5. to examine the potential value-added effects of the 14-19 Pathfinders and associatedfunding arrangements.The methodology had four main elements which will be described in turn.Documentary analysis38. The documentary analysis covered the following:‣ the 39 successful pathfinder proposals‣ a wide range of pathfinder-level documentation for the case study 14-19 Pathfindersand unfunded 14-19 partnerships, including mission and strategy papers, workinggroup reports, relevant Ofsted/ALI area-wide inspection reports11