He now believes that this has in fact happened, and that Progress 8
scores at grammar schools have «superficially» improved.
Not exact matches
Mark, a pupil
at Carrick
Grammar School, is a central midfielder who says his favourite player is Cristiano Ronaldo because «he always has good skills and
scores the most goals».
Additionally, the report advises that while
grammar school pupils do
score slightly higher
at GCSE, much of this is explained by prior levels of attainment, meaning that bright pupils do just as well in the best comprehensives as they do in
grammars.
On average, the
scores of
grammar schools changed by -0.5, with the minimum change
at -0.16 and the maximum
at -0.76.
She said: «We need to look
at, for example, should children on free school meals be able to enter
grammar schools if they have lower than the average [test
score] that is required in Kent?
The research, which also looks
at GCSE attainment for pupils
at grammar schools, confirms that while
grammar school pupils do
score slightly higher
at GCSE, it concludes that much of this can be explained by prior levels of attainment.
The lowest progress 8
score for disadvantaged pupils
at flagship schools was
at Colyton
Grammar School in Devon, which
scored -2.75.