Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s monthly look at Education Data.

EIF updates: Dan Morrow in Schools Week (https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsteds-new-framework-from-watchdog-to-service-dog/) and Geoff Barton in TES (https://www.tes.com/news/im-holding-my-nerve-my-support-new-ofsted)

ISDR: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-inspection-data-summary-report-idsr-guide

Progress Measures: Becky Allen - What if we cannot measure pupil progress? (https://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2018/05/23/what-if-we-cannot-measure-pupil-progress)

James Pembroke - Should progress measures be scrapped for primary schools? (https://www.sigplus.co.uk/2019/05/should-progress-measures-be-scrapped-for-primary-schools/)

Confidence Intervals: Richard Selfridge - How Sig +/- is calculated and why it does not mean what you might think (https://icingonthecakeblog.weebly.com/blog/how-sig-is-calculated-and-why-it-does-not-mean-what-you-might-think)

Scientist Rise Up Against Statistical Significance (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00857-9)

Databusters on Tour: We’re in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 20th November (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/databusting-lincolnshire-tickets-74819349689), Rothley, Leicestershire on 22nd January (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/databusting-leicestershire-tickets-74838490941) and in Liverpool on 30th January (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/databusting-liverpool-tickets-75735160905)

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