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Sector Performance
LSN has continuing research in the area of Sector Performance. For queries relating to this work, please contact Silvia Munoz (smunoz@LSNeducation.org.uk) .
Publications:
Participation in the learning and skills sector: A summary of research findings (2006)
This review set out to produce a synthesis of the key research findings about learners’ participation in post-compulsory education. It aimed to bring together the key findings from research activity into this topic carried out by the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA), and other relevant research undertaken since 2001.
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Learner retention and achievement: Summary of research finding (2006)
This report provides a handy single source which concisely summarises reliable research evidence relevant to learner retention and achievement in the English learning and skills sector. It does not purport to provide a comprehensive literature review of the area, but rather to set out as briefly as possible what we know about what causes learners to leave mid-programme, or stay the course but fail to qualify, and what policy-makers and providers might best do to remedy matters.
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Securing success: Setting targets and monitoring (2006)
This report presents findings from an investigation into effective practice in target-setting, monitoring and supporting learner progress in post-16 education and training. It examines evidence of effective practice in these areas across a range of provision in schools, colleges, work-based learning, and adult and community learning, illustrated by a number of case studies. The report is intended to support the implementation of the New Measures of Success sponsored by the DfES, LSC, Ofsted and ALI as part of the Success for All initiative.
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Improving participation at 17+ (2005)
This report presents the outcomes of an investigation into effective ways in which learning providers can help to sustain young people’s continued participation in education and training at 17+, after the first post-compulsory year. It complements Participation by 17 year olds (LSDA 2004), a preliminary systematic review of the factors that influence participation in the second year of post-compulsory education or training. The project was undertaken as part of the strategic research programme contract between the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for 2004/05, and took place between October 2004 and June 2005.
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