“ Through our work we are changing perceptions, raising aspirations, and ensuring all children and young people are given the right to be the best they can be.”
“ Through our work we are changing perceptions, raising aspirations, and ensuring all children and young people are given the right to be the best they can be.”
In AfA primary schools( 5-11 years) pupils made 4.7 APS of progress per annum between 2011 and 2015 in reading; 4.4. APS in writing and 4.4 APS in maths( in England the expected level of progress is 3.0 APS). Results were similar for identified pupils in secondary schools( 11-16 years), where pupils made 5.4 APS of progress in reading per annum between 2011 and 2015, 5.4 APS of progress in writing and 4.1 APS of progress in maths( expected progress per annum for pupils at secondary schools is 3.6 APS).
By the summer, Achievement for All will publish a simple competency framework that lays out progressive criteria for personal digital literacy that will help teachers and their pupils to place digital literacy into a bigger picture, one of Achieving Employability. Over the next twelve months, Achievement for All will gather case studies, stories, top tips and advice / guidance from leading education settings with which they work, that illustrate powerful and effective approaches to developing digital literacy across a community of learners, staff pupils and families.
Watch this space: www. afaeducation. org.
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References
BECTA( 2003) Primary School – ICT and Standards: an analysis of national test data from Ofsted London: Becta
Jedekog, G. and Nissen, J.( 2004),‘ ICT in the classroom: is doing more important than knowing’ Education and Information Technologies 9:1, 37-45.
Lynton,( 1989), Higher Education and American Competitiveness, National Centre on Education and Economy.
PwC( 2016), Achieving Schools, Social Impact Assessment, Belfast: PwC
Wagner, C.( 2011) Emerging careers and how to create them, The Futurist, January- February.
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