NEW – Data Process – newly released Equity Index Numbers vs Achievement in NZ High Schools

Dear Kiwiblog Folk

After the release of all of the new Equity Index (EQI) numbers yesterday I did a, long/late night process to match those numbers to: 

– L3 Achievement

– UE Achievement

– Retention to 17yo

– Progress to Degree Level Study

… for every high school in NZ.

The final sheets in the dataset have trend line diagrams which strongly indicate that the 37 Variables used to develop the data set by no means explain what is happening in many schools (for good and bad). 

It would be interesting to know if being male  was a variable given how far NZ boys are behind girls. 

The good aspect for teacher practice/school aspiration is the schools that are clearly beating their EQI “expectations”). Examples are:

– Baradene College

– Iona College

– St Peter’s Epsom

– Columba College 

– Marist College

– Nga Tawa

– St Paul’s Ponsonby

– Al Madina

– Hato Paora

– Manukura

– Christchurch GHS

– St Catherine’s Kilbirnie

– Roxburgh Area School

– TKKM o Hoani Waititi

– Swelwyn College

– Zayed School for Girls

– Liston College

– Auckland Grammar Girls School

– McAuley College

Seems like a good group to learn from!

This is a very valuable data set for overall programme evaluation and goal setting/planning. All data is for LEAVERS – the most important category.

If you would like a copy of this data-set please let me know.

It is highly informative and I would be very happy to discuss aspects.

Regards

Alwyn Poole
alwyn.poole@gmail.com