Level 3 Value Added
Report and Ready Reckoner
Guidance
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Contents
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Introduction
Enabling Macros
The Home Sheet
Student Level Data
Inputting Data into the Ready Reckoner
Analysing Data at Subject Level
Subject Level Summary
Sector Subject Area (SSA) Results
Qualification Results
Subject Codes and Value Added Coefficients
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Introduction
• The Level 3 Value Added Reports and Ready Reckoner allow
providers to analyse and calculate Level 3 Value Added scores within
their school or college.
• This guide shows the user how the data is displayed in the Provider
Report, and how to input data into the Ready Reckoner.
• The guide then shows how to interpret the data displayed in either the
Report or the Ready Reckoner.
• Value Added is displayed in the same way in both the Report and
Ready Reckoner, allowing for easy interpretation and further analysis.
• The Qualification Type summary provides an overall summary of how
a school or college is performing though there is also information
available at Sector Subject Area and individual qualification level.
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Enabling Macros
When you open either the Report or Ready Reckoner, you will see one of these messages
When you see one of these messages, please click on the Enable Macros button.
About Enabling Macros
A macro is a series of commands and functions that enable a change in the spread sheet. In the Level 3 VA Reports and
Ready Reckoner, the only function our macros serve is to change the scale of the charts on the Subject Detail and Subject
Summary sheets, when you change the qualification you are looking at. This makes the charts easier to interpret.
It is safe to enable macros on any document related to Level 3 Value Added that has been produced by the Department for
Education.
‘Home’ Sheet
• The home sheets are similar in both the Ready Reckoner and Level
3 VA Report. The difference between them is the option to view
Student Data on the Report, compared with the option to Input Data
on the Ready Reckoner.
Clicking here takes you to view Student Data on the Report
Clicking here takes you to input data on the Ready Reckoner
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Student Level Data
• The main difference between the Level 3 VA Report and Ready
Reckoner is that the Report simply displays pre-calculated student
level data, whilst the Ready Reckoner allows the user to input the
data they wish to analyse.
• In the Report, the ‘Student Data’ sheet shows all the data used to
produce the analysis in the Report.
• In the Ready Reckoner, the ‘Input Data’ sheet is where information
can be entered for the group of students you are interested in
analysing. The Ready Reckoner will then produce analysis based
only on these students.
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‘Student Data’ sheet
• In the Level 3 VA Report, the ‘Student Data’ sheet shows the Prior
Attainment, Estimated Point Score at Level 3, Actual Point Score at
Level 3, and Value Added Score, for each qualification taken by
each student.
This is the Student
level data sheet on the
Report.
The data has been
anonymised for this
illustration.
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‘Input Data’ sheet
In the Ready Reckoner, to calculate expected levels of attainment and
Value Added scores, data are required in the following fields:
Qualification
Code
Subject
Code
Gender
Prior
Attainment
Outcome
Attainment
The ‘Forename’
and ‘Surname’
fields are
optional
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‘Input Data’ sheet continued
• The output is then displayed in the ‘Expected Attainment’ and
‘Student VA Score’ fields
Data Input Area
Student expected
attainment /
VA Score Output is
displayed here
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Analysing Data for
Individual Qualifications
Drop down Menu listing subjects
• The ‘Subject Detail’ sheet
provides analysis for each
qualification for which there
are data in the workbook.
• To view analysis for a
particular qualification, click
on the drop down menu as
shown in the diagram
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Analysing Data for Individual
Qualifications continued
• Once you have selected the qualification you are interested in, there
are then two chart options.
• The first option compares the estimated achievement against the
actual achievement for the selected Level 3 qualification.
• For this chart, there are options which plot the results either for all
students or a selected subset of students. These options are ‘All
Students’, ‘Male Only’, ‘Female Only’ or ‘Highlighted Students Only’.
• The second chart type compares prior attainment against the actual
achievement for the selected Level 3 qualification.
• For this chart, the only options are ‘All Students’ or ‘Highlighted
Students Only’.
• To select the various chart options, click on the drop down menus as
shown in the screen shot on the next slide.
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Analysing Data for Individual
Qualifications continued
Click here and select
‘Yes’ to highlight a
student on the chart
To filter the students shown on the
chart, select one of the options here
Click here to select a chart
option
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‘Subject Summary’ sheet
• The Subject level summary results can be viewed by clicking into
the ‘Subject Summary’ sheet. The report shows the provider’s Value
Added scores for the subjects within each qualification type, for
which there are data.
• To select a qualification type, click on the drop down menu as
shown in the screen shot on the next slide.
• The data table below the chart shows whether the provider’s Value
Added score within each subject is above or below the national
average with statistical significance.
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‘Subject Summary’ sheet continued
Click here
to select a
qualification
type
In this example, the provider’s BTEC
National Value Added score for Health
Studies is above the national average
and is statistically significant.
In this example, the difference between the
provider’s Value Added score for BTEC
National Sport Science and the National
average is not statistically significant.
In this example, the provider’s BTEC
National Value Added score for
Business Studies is below the national
average and is statistically significant.
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Sector Subject Area (SSA)
Results
• The Sector Subject Ares results can be viewed by clicking into the
‘SSA Results’ sheet.
• The report shows the Value Added scores for the provider for each
SSA across qualification types (e.g Value Added for all Science and
Mathematics subjects across qualification types)
• In the example on the next slide, the chart displays data for ‘Science
and Mathematics’ and ‘Social Sciences’ SSAs
• Similarly to the Subject Level results, the data table below the chart
shows whether the provider’s Value Added score within each SSA is
above or below the national average with statistical significance.
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Sector Subject Area (SSA)
Results continued
In this example, the provider’s Value
Added score for the Arts, Media and
Publishing SSA is above the national
average and is statistically significant.
In this example, the difference between
the provider’s Value Added score for the
Social Sciences SSA and the National
average is not statistically significant.
In this example, none of the provider’s
SSA Value Added scores are below the
national average and statistically
significant.
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Qualification Type Results
• The Qualification results can be viewed by clicking into the ‘Qual
Results’ sheet.
• The report shows the Value Added scores for the provider broken
down by the qualification type. In the example in the next slide, the
chart displays data for ‘A Level’ and ‘AS Level’.
• Again, the data table below the chart shows whether or not the
provider’s Value Added score in each qualification type is above or
below the national average with statistical significance.
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Qualification Type Results
continued
In this example, the provider’s BTEC
Certificate Value Added score is above
the national average and statistically
significant.
In this example, the difference
between the OCR National Certificate
Value Added score and the national
average is not statistically significant,
In this example, the A Level Value
Added score is above the national
average and statistically significant.
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Other Information
Qualification, Subject and SSA
Codes to assist with the data
input can be viewed in the
‘Codes’ sheet
2011/12 Value Added
coefficients can be viewed in
the ‘Coefficients’ sheet
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