Why we should monitor the backroom processes
As well as pupil progress, an MIS must focus on the backroom processes of performance management, CPD and planning, argues Keith Wright, because these are also crucial to student achievement.
Very little of what a student does nowadays in school is left untracked and unanalysed. Accountability has been one factor behind this assessment revolution. Ofsted demands an increasingly sophisticated picture of student progress so that any gap in pupil attainment can be pinpointed and addressed quickly...read more
