Attainment Scotland Fund - 2022 to 2026: evaluation strategy
Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation strategy which sets out our approach to evaluating the Attainment Scotland Fund during this parliamentary term.
Annex B - Attainment Scotland Fund Evaluation Questions Mapped to Outcome Areas
Inputs
1. Governance
What worked well and what could be improved in the national and local governance and support with implementation of the refreshed SAC?
2. Funding
What funding was allocated through the SAC Refresh ASF to schools and LA's, to what extent was it used within funds requirements and/or supplemented with other funding sources? What were stakeholders views on the implementation of the new funding structure introduced with the SAC refresh?
Activities & Outputs
3. Implementation
How did local authorities implement the Strategic Equity Fund alongside PEF and CECYP?
4. Approaches
How do the approaches for equity support pupils (and parents) from the most socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds?
5. Monitoring and evaluation
How are schools and local authorities monitoring, refining and evaluating their approaches to address the poverty-related attainment gap?
Short-term outcomes / Medium-term outcomes
6. Collaboration
To what extent has the Fund resulted in established and/or strategic collaborations, and what has been the impact?
7. Data and evidence
To what extent have schools and authorities embedded use of data, analysis and evidence to drive improvements as part of the fund?
8. Engagement with and support for families and communities
To what extent has the fund embedded engagement with and support for families and communities?
9. Perceptions of local impact
To what extent did schools, local authorities and other stakeholders, including pupils, families and communities feel there had been progress towards achieving outcomes?
10. Unintended consequences
Did the changes to the funding structure with the refreshed SAC have any unintended consequences?
11. Approaches
To what extent was there awareness of and use of evidence based approaches and to what extent were approaches embedded in the system, refined and adapted based on effective interventions in the local context?
12. Engagement in decision-making (Voice)
To what extent was there improvement in children and young people's readiness to learn through focusing on engagement, attendance, confidence and wellbeing?
13. Readiness to learn
To what extent was there improvement in children and young people's readiness to learn through focusing on engagement, attendance, confidence and wellbeing?
14. Culture and ethos
To what extent was culture and ethos based on education equity embedded in the education system that promotes high aspirations and recognises broader achievement for all children and young people and their families.
Long-term outcomes
15. Closing the gap/educational outcomes
To what extent did the fund contribute to a closing of the attainment gap between the most and least socio-economically disadvantaged children and young people, in line with stretch aims?
16. Achievement
To what extent did the fund contribute to an education system which encourages, reflects and values the breadth of achievements that contribute to improved outcomes for children and young people.
17. Embedded practices and culture
To what extent did the fund contribute to an embedded culture of equity at different levels of the education system?
18. Education system
To what extent did the fund contribute to an education system which actively addresses poverty, removing barriers through inclusive ethos, practice and approaches for children and young people, parents and carers and practitioners?
Contact
Email: Fiona.Wager@gov.scot
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