The DfE has decided to abandon the baseline for school accountability measures, after research concluded that the three assessments used by schools are not comparable.
The Reception baseline comparability study has concluded that the three baseline products from Early Excellence, Durham University’s Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, and the National Foundation for Educational Research are ‘not sufficiently comparable to create a fair starting point from which to measure pupils’ progress. As a result, the results cannot be used as the baseline for progress measures, as it would be inappropriate and unfair to schools.’
However, schools will have the option to use the baseline in the 2016-17 academic year, as part of their ‘on-entry assessment’ for children starting school, and will be funded by the department to do so.
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