I wrote about this some years ago. I don’t mind the use of %ed target grades from standardised tests. As in, ‘20% of people with your score at age 11 got x grade at GCSE’ etc. That’s not inherently invalid. But it can lead to weird behaviours and assumptions. cfey.org/2011/03/so-t...

"So the data says 20% of my students are under-performing, what can I do about it?" - Improving Intervention

In my daily work as a classroom teacher, and LKM’s work with middle and senior leaders, we are increasingly asked to support colleagues with ‘making sense of’ data.  Schools collect an enormous – thou...

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*hate them* I firmly still believe they’re only used as a stick to beat teachers and leaders with, rather than anything which can meaningfully help the students.

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