RAISEonline – new developments

Stephen Jardine

Communications & User Support

RAISEonline Project Team

4th November 2008

A joint Ofsted/DCSF project delivering online interactive end-of-key-stage data reporting and analysis for:

Schools Local authority teams School improvement partners Inspectors (non-interactive)

With further features for school users:

Data management of school data set

Question-level analysis Target setting

RAISEonline – what it is

New developments include:

Further reports for end of key stage data.

Reporting and analysis for special schools.

Empty data sets for new schools.

‘Virtual schools’ for local authorities.

New RAISEonline developments for 2008

New reports include:

Contextual attainment at KS1.

CVA three-year averages and thresholds.

Wider reporting of KS4 qualifications.

Graphic ‘stick people’ pupil progress reports for high attainers.

School-level absence reporting.

New reports and analysis

Schedule:

October 2008 – access to the Full Report only for schools with KS1.

November – access to interactive reports (schools with KS1).

Schools without KS1 gain access when their first key stage data are released.

The release includes:

Attainment reporting.

Value-added progress reporting (not CVA).

Future development is under review.

Special schools’ data in RAISEonline

Previously, new schools didn’t get access to RAISEonline until their first key stage data were released.

From now on, if they wish, new schools will be able to request an empty data set in RAISEonline.

When they have uploaded the details of their pupils into the system, schools will be able to use QLA and target setting.

When key stage data are published, schools will access them from their existing accounts.

RAISEonline provision for new schools

Each virtual school is an empty data set in RAISEonline that can be populated by the LA.

LAs may request a number of virtual schools for different purposes- e.g. LAC, SEN, FSM.

Pupil limit is 49,000 – high enough for most LAs to upload all pupils in a phase.

Local authority ‘virtual’ schools

Changes will occur in RAISEonline reporting that reflect changes to way testing is carried out, such as the end of KS3 testing and the possible introduction of single-level tests.

We are currently considering which other developments should be prioritized for 2009.

Your feedback is welcomed.

Looking to the future…

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