Is floor target policy fair? Opinion piece
David Brown
 
Issue 32, 2004           Readership: primary
How helpful are floor targets and is the policy fair? In this article, David Brown considers these questions with reference to students’ cognitive aptitude tests (CATs) and GCSE results. Using figures based on a real example, he demonstrates some of the pitfalls of using floor targets as reliable measures.
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