Gary Jones
@DrGaryJones
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Blogger on all things evidence-based. My new book Evidence-Based School Leadership and Management: A practical guide - was published in October 2018
Joined January 2009
"Evidence-based leadership...helps protect schools from unsubstantiated management & teaching fads & when done well, improves relational trust within schools." @naylorsnatter quotes @DrGaryJones in
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In this exciting, one-of-a-kind book, Phil Naylor revisits the very best interviews from four years of education podcasting, drawing on the advice and opinions from some of the world's most innovat...
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Well done - certainly deserved
Thank you to whoever nominated me and to @CEO_Monthly for awarding me Educational Leader of the Year for the West Midlands. Really proud that #SENDleadership has been given recognition through this award
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Researching international (non UK) school collaborations? Want to contribute to book on school collaborations edited by @wilfarmstrong and me? Then get in touch!
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#edutwitter please do your finest. Teachers and school leaders out there can you help please....teacher/researcher in desperate need of data...RT gratefully received.
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Please could any 2 of my followers just copy and repost? This pandemic is especially hard for people with depression. Samaritans 116 123 Just two. Any two. thanks
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Open access paper looking across jurisdictions at evidence informed teaching from our friend and colleague @ChrisBrown1475
New open access paper on achieving evidence-informed practice in education - what can be learnt from Spain, England, the United States, and Germany? You can can find out more here: https://t.co/7Aq04YUt3a
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@DrGaryJones Tried to search for it. Is this open source (if so please send link), or do I need to log in to an academic database? (if so please tell me journal.)
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@DrGaryJones Tried to search for it. Is this open source (if so please send link), or do I need to log in to an academic database? (if so please tell me journal.)
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Four, at the top of the attainment distribution, grades are more likely to be under-predicted, with students from low income being more likely to have their grades under predicted than students from high income backgrounds.
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Aaccuracy varies with attainment of the students, with lower attaining students being far more likely to have grades over predicted,once controlling for prior attainment background, state school students are less likely to be over predicted, than students in private & gram school
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Second, students from disadvantaged backgrounds and state schools were more likely to be overpredicted, whilst those at independent schools were more likely to receive more accurate predictions.
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In a report for the University and College Union on predicted A level grades (Wyness 2016) found the following. First, only 16% of applicants achieved the A-level grade points they were predicted to achieve, with the vast majority (75% of applicants) were over-predicted.
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Furthermore, the difference between achieved grades and predicted grades increases as attainment reduces. For example, students who were predicted AAA, were predicted 0.88 grades higher than they achieved, whereas students who achieved DDD were predicted 4.93 higher 2/2
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In a report on the predicted versus the actual grades for applicants to university, (UCAS 2019) found that on average for 18 year old UK students studying for A levels are predicted 2.35 A level grades above which they achieved. 1/2
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In a research study on how teachers predicted the A level grades of their pupils by (Gill 2019) found that for a sample of 741 pupils, 46.4% of predicted grades were accurate, 31.8% were over-predicted and under predicted in 21.4%.
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Research by (McManus et al. 2020) on predicted grades and actual A level grades for applicants to UK med schools found for 2010-18 - 48.8% of predicted grades were accurate, over-predicted in 44.7% of cases & under-predicted in 6.5% of cases.
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Teachers & school leaders in England: we are conducting a survey to explore research use barriers and enablers and would love to hear your views. Please take part at: https://t.co/Bhmqroj2dX Please also help by RT'ing this @RLuzmore @DrRLofthouse @DrGaryJones @DamsonEd
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