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  • The results of a study to identify where current marking of exams works well and recommend improvements in marking.

  • This research from 2014 compares the pros and cons of using item-level marking in exams rather than whole-script marking.

  • Recommendations from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) on pay and conditions.

  • A study of how different groups of students performed in the national curriculum science tests in 2010 and 2011.

  • Research by AQA on using the achieved weightings of A level and GCSE assessment objectives to measure the validity of a qualification.

  • City and Guilds research recommending a framework for validating work-based observational assessments in vocational qualifications.

  • AlphaPlus study of four vocational qualifications and whether there is evidence to support the perceived reliability of their assessments.

  • Research looking at the most effective ways of encouraging high-achieving, disadvantaged pupils into higher education.

  • Figures showing the amount of 24+ advanced learning loans paid to students at further education providers in the 2013 to 2014 academic year.

  • Research into the part that school performance plays when parents choose a school for their child.

  • Earnings and employment outcomes of further education learners, created using matched data from several government departments.

  • A special educational needs and disability pathfinder programme’s evaluation of the education, health and care planning pathway.

  • The achievements of pupils at key stage 4, and how they compare with other schools in their local authority area and in England.

  • Information on the attainment of students of sixth-form age in secondary schools and further education sector colleges.

  • Statistical First Release: higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained in academic year 2012 to 2013.

  • This report compares the performance of converter academies, in Ofsted inspections, with local authority maintained mainstream schools.

  • Research looking at the most recent estimates of the number of pupils entitled to receive free school meals but who are not claiming.

  • Provisional data on achievements of eligible pupils in the national curriculum assessments and phonics screening check and at key stage 1.

  • National projections for the number of pupils in schools by type of school and age group.

  • Revised information on the 2013 national curriculum assessment at key stage 2, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics.