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Testing the Case for Contextualisation in the Framework for Excellence
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Learning and Skills Council National Office |
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01/10/2008 |
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Learning and Skills Council National Office |
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Report |
The LSC commissioned an independent investigation into the impact of external contextual factors upon a provider’s Framework scores and gradings as part of the evidence base for the Single Equality Impact Assessment (SEIA). The aim of the research was to test the case for contextualisation, a term that refers to adjustments made to correct for the impact of the operating context of a provider or a class of providers. The key findings from the report are reproduced in the document, Testing the Case for Contextualisation in the Framework. The significance of this work, from an equality and diversity viewpoint, is that evidence of a strong influence on Framework grades by external factors would (unless corrected) disadvantage some providers and, by extension, their learners.
