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Using Administrative Data in Education Research
Official opening of the
Administrative Data Research Centre Wales Monday 23rd March 2015
Chris Taylor
Professor of Education Policy Wales Institute for Social & Economic Research,
Data & Methods (WISERD) Cardiff University
• Using linked administrative data with survey data
Evaluating the impact of early years educational reform in Wales
• Using various linked administrative datasets
Impact and effectiveness of widening access to Higher Education in Wales
Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC)
Pupil Attainment data
Demographic data
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Home postcode
• (Registered) Eligibility for free school meals
Examinations data
• National reading and numeracy test scores (7-13 year olds)
• GCSE results
• Other equivalent examination results
Educational data
• Schools attended
• Attendance data
• Teacher assessments at age 7, 11 and 13 years
National Pupil Database (NPD)
• Evaluating the impact of the Foundation Phase in Wales
• Stepped wedge design to the evaluation
• Issue: Limitations of National Pupil Database
• Solution: Link the NPD to the Millennium Cohort Survey
Evaluating the impact of early years educational reform in Wales The Foundation Phase is a
new curriculum and pedagogical approach to
education of 3-7 year olds
Staged roll-out between 2005/05 (20 Pilot schools)
and 2008/09
MCS is a birth cohort study of 19,000 children born
during 2000/01
Approx. 2,000 children in Wales, 100 of whom
attended Pilot schools
MCS collects wide range of detailed data from parents,
children and teachers
• Attending a Foundation Phase pilot school is associated with:
• Lower cognitive ability at age 7 (word reading and maths)
• Less enjoyment of school and learning
• Lower levels of wellbeing at school
Evaluating the impact of early years educational reform in Wales
• Widening access assumes under-representation in Higher Education
• Previous analyses have to hypothesise what would be ‘representative’ participation
• Issue: Very complex process, dependent upon prior attainment
• Solution: Link NPD to Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)records
Impact and effectiveness of widening access to Higher Education in Wales Widening access policies
and practice often based on proxy identification of target groups (Communities First)
We know very little about those who do not go to
university
Consequently we know very little about explanations for
(non-) participation
HESA records every ‘instance’ of university study
Linking NPD to HESA can track the progress of all 15
year olds into (or not) university, including their
post-16 experiences
• 15 yr. old females eligible for free school meals are 21% less likely to participate in HE than equivalent non-FSM females
• 15 yr. old ‘non-white British’ males are 2½ times more likely to participate than equivalent white British males
• 15 yr. olds in most deprived areas are 7% less likely to participate than equivalent children in least deprived areas
Impact and effectiveness of widening access to Higher Education in Wales
Odds of First Degree entry • 15 yr. old females eligible for free
school meals are 21% less likely to participate in HE than equivalent non-FSM females
• 15 yr. old ‘non-white British’ males are 2½ times more likely to participate than equivalent white British males
• 15 yr. olds in most deprived areas are 7% less likely to participate than equivalent children in least deprived areas
Impact and effectiveness of widening access to Higher Education in Wales
Odds of First Degree entry
Odds of Oxbridge entry • 15 yr. old females eligible for free
school meals are 21% less likely to participate in HE than equivalent non-FSM females
• 15 yr. old ‘non-white British’ males are 2½ times more likely to participate than equivalent white British males
• 15 yr. olds in most deprived areas are 7% less likely to participate than equivalent children in least deprived areas
Impact and effectiveness of widening access to Higher Education in Wales
Further information
Professor Chris Taylor
WISERD, Cardiff University
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wiserd.ac.uk
@profchristaylor
