[Maths-Education] Fischer Family Trust

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 01:23:00 EDT

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Can anyone help with this query?

I have been suddenly bombarded with Fischer Family Trust data regarding  what 
the students I teach should be getting at the end of Key Stage 3.
It appears to be a new form of value added - new to me anyway.

What isn't being made clear is how it works. Being low down the pecking  
order I am just being fed outcomes with no explanation; other more senior bods  
being sent on courses.

So, can anyone point me to something that will explain clearly the  rationale 
on which it works.
Also, is there anywhere that gives a critique of their methodology? Some of  
their past predictions appear to be rather strange. Plus I have a nasty habit 
of  being extremely suspicious of value-added predictors and such stuff. If I 
am  going to be beaten with a stick I would like to know whether I need nimble 
feet  or a shield or both or ...

Graham Curson

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<DIV><U>Can anyone help with this query?</U></DIV>
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what the students I teach should be getting at the end of Key Stage 3.</DIV>
<DIV>It appears to be a new form of value added - new to me anyway.</DIV>
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order I am just being fed outcomes with no explanation; other more senior bo=
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being sent on courses.</DIV>
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rationale on which it works.</DIV>
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their past predictions appear to be rather strange. Plus I have a nasty habi=
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being extremely suspicious of value-added predictors and such stuff. If I am=
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