4Matrix :    supplements RAISEonline data with up-to-date school-level performance analysis    calculates comprehensive measures of Within School Variation    provides measures of the effectiveness of learning in every teaching group    supports a headteacher's grading on teaching as required by 2009 inspections    converts low-level data into high level commentaries    reveals performance comparisons to contrast with CVA adjusted values    enables a school to easily carry out its own research and analysis into pupil performance    supplies the tools to raise standards and promote pupil achievement    delivers the metrics needed to support assertions in the SEF    demonstrates how school leaders are ensuring a consistent quality of provision                                   The distinctive features :  A much earlier school response to the judgements of RAISEonline  Interprets low level dots and lines into standardised subject commentaries  Provides unique measures of 'Within School Variation' across all groups of pupils  Compares provision equally between schools with high or low ability profiles The most-liked features :  Easy to use - nothing to type in; designed around workflow  A research tool to explore achievement issues by a drag and drop technique  Supports professional dialogue and action research into group performance  Easy-to-understand graphical representation of comparative achievement The most practical features :  Analyses school examination results minutes after they arrive in the school  Provides instant numerical evidence of achievement, residuals and variation  Automated subject commentaries which directly support statements in the SEF  Reveals performance at pupil level, group level, subject level and school level Fully interoperable. Refreshingly talkative! 4Matrix 2010 has full data integration. In goes XML, CSV, XLS, JPG. Out comes XLS, DOC PDF. Just drag and drop your updated pupil mugshots into it. Copy and paste an area of a spreadsheet into the application, and do this in reverse to copy tables from 4Matrix into Excel. Selectively pulls out fields from your MIS. Email a report or convert to a PDF within the application.      Click here to see our Frequently Asked Questions page                                  "Having lots of data is not what self-evaluation is about.                What counts is having the right tools to make top-level judgements on that data.”                                           - Barbi Goulding, Principal, Paddington Academy