§ Lord Desaiasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the average scores, as well as the maxima, the minima, the medians, the upper and lower quartiles and the pupil-weighted mean and standard deviations (all rounded to three decimal places) of:
using the GNVQ point score system currently adopted by the Department for Education and Employment. [HL2548]
- (a) the total GCSE point scores per pupil in 1993 and 1997 of (i) all schools and (ii) all maintained schools, when they are ranked by their scores: and
WA 154 - (b) the total GCSE/GNVQ point scores per pupil in 1997 of (i) all schools and (ii) all maintained schools when they are ranked by their scores;
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)The information requested in respect of GCSE and GCSE/GNVQ point scores per 15 year-old pupil is shown in the following tables.
(a) GCSE point scores for 1993 and 1997 (i) All schools (ii) All maintained schools 1993 1997 1993 1997 Average score 33.106 35.824 31.745 34.870 Maximum 133.000 107.000 131.000 107.000 Minimum 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Median 34.000 37.000 33.000 36.000 Upper quartile 48.000 51.000 46.000 49.000 Lower quartile 18.000 21.000 17.000 21.000 Mean deviation 16.165 16.698 15.618 16.044 Standard deviation 19.195 20.097 18.576 19.359
(b) GCSE/GNVQ point scores for 1997 (i) All schools (ii) All maintained schools Average score 35.893 34.944 Maximum 107.000 107.000 Minimum 0.000 0.000 Median 38.000 36.000 Upper quartile 51.000 50.000 Lower quartile 21.000 21.000 Mean deviation 16.706 16.057 Standard deviation 20.108 19.375