Good teaching shines at A-level;Letter

2nd April 1999, 1:00am

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Good teaching shines at A-level;Letter

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I READ with great interest the article by Dr Paul Kelley as to whether teachers make any difference. I have done a GCSE analysis to compare teacher and department results on a like-for-like basis for eight years.

The two findings are, first, the differences between departmental results which are not explained by “difficulty” of different subjects or a “weak” cohort and, second, the lack of difference within departments between better and markedly less good teachers.

This suggests to me a strong departmental effect arising possibly from better or worse leadership at this level. The A-level results probably reflect more the prowess of individual teachers within departments. An analysis at key stage 3 national tests would be interesting.

M F Earley Headmaster St Gregory’s RC High School Donnington Road, Kenton Middlesex

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