1. Public Service Productivity: Education October 2007 UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity Helen Patterson

2. Outline Context Productivity change Components of productivity change: –quantity –quality adjustment –inputs Future developments

3. Context Atkinson Review – January 2005 First education productivity article – October 2005 Public consultation Strategy paper “Measuring Quality as part of Public Service Output”, published July 2007 Strategy reflected in article Further developments

4. Publicly - funded education productivity Output Current price spending Pay and price deflators Input Productivity Quantity Quality Multiplied by Divided by

5. Publicly-funded education productivity United Kingdom Index 1996 = 100

6. Publicly-funded education productivity Changes in productivity may reflect: Falling pupil numbers in primary schools; Rising pupil numbers in secondary schools; Introduction of the workload reform package, intended to reduce teacher workload; Increase in support staff numbers; Time lags mean that some changes in resources not yet reflected in quality measure.

7. Publicly- funded education: quantity measure Quantity measure of education in the National Accounts includes pupil attendance at government maintained schools Secondary Primary Nursery school and classes Special City Technology Colleges and Academies

8. Publicly- funded education: quantity measure

9. The quantity measure also includes: Full-time equivalent children in pre-schools in the private, independent sector funded by government; Student numbers in government-funded health professional and initial teacher training courses.

10. Publicly-funded education: quantity measure

11. Publicly-funded education quality measure Revised the method used since 1998 for the NA following consultation – technical paper explains; Annual change in GCSE exam results in England and Wales and Standard Grades in Scotland; Revisions endorsed by external quality assurance panel.

12. Quality-adjusted measures of education output (1996 to 2006)

13. Publicly funded education: quantity developments Extension to quantity measure: - Further education and later - Higher education - Activities in extended schools

14. Publicly funded education: quality measure developments Attainment measures - Pre school measure - Primary school measure - Sixth form / further education measures Other educational outcome measures

15. Productivity: Publicly-funded Education October 2007 UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity