Absence of pupil tracking ‘hinders research’ [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 04 September 2010
THE absence of a tracking system to follow the progress of pupils from the start of primary school is hampering work that could help improve education policies, according to a leading researcher.
Since 1991, the Department of Education can monitor patterns of second-level attendance and levels of disadvantage through a database used to calculate dropout rates and other statistics.
However, despite calls from various interest groups over many years and a promise in the 2007 Programme for Government, no database has yet been set up to track primary pupils.
Economic and Social Research Institute senior researcher Dr Selina McCoy said the absence of such a database hinders the ability to collect important information.
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