Barney Lawrence
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This is all speculation mind you but a similar process has been used for about a decade to get school level expected grades for exams:
A quick overview of FFT estimates for secondary schools - FFT Education Datalab
We discuss where secondary FFT estimates come from, and look at some of their uses and limitations
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This is all speculation mind you but a similar process has been used for about a decade to get school level expected grades for exams:
Target may be the wrong word.
If I wanted to tell if a school was doing a good job or not I'd need a fair percentage to compare to. Just averaging over all schools won't work. Building an expected average up based on pupil demographics can
Five years ago we'd call that machine learning now it's AI.
If I wanted to tell if a school was doing a good job or not I'd need a fair percentage to compare to. Just averaging over all schools won't work. Building an expected average up based on pupil demographics can
Five years ago we'd call that machine learning now it's AI.
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Target may be the wrong word.
If I wanted to tell if a school was doing a good job or not I'd need a fair percentage to compare to. Just averaging over all schools won't work. Building an expected average up based on pupil demographics can
Five years ago we'd call that machine learning now it's AI.
If I wanted to tell if a school was doing a good job or not I'd need a fair percentage to compare to. Just averaging over all schools won't work. Building an expected average up based on pupil demographics can
Five years ago we'd call that machine learning now it's AI.
If the target is 100% then everyone fails.
Question here is what do they mean by AI?
Asking chat GPT would generate nonsense. A machine learning model that sets a reasonable school level attendance target based on pupil demographics could be helpful. It's already done for GCSEs.
Question here is what do they mean by AI?
Asking chat GPT would generate nonsense. A machine learning model that sets a reasonable school level attendance target based on pupil demographics could be helpful. It's already done for GCSEs.
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If the target is 100% then everyone fails.
Question here is what do they mean by AI?
Asking chat GPT would generate nonsense. A machine learning model that sets a reasonable school level attendance target based on pupil demographics could be helpful. It's already done for GCSEs.
Question here is what do they mean by AI?
Asking chat GPT would generate nonsense. A machine learning model that sets a reasonable school level attendance target based on pupil demographics could be helpful. It's already done for GCSEs.
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