Basic Skills Lookup Table

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1 This table provides Skills for Life and Basic Skills markers by learning aim reference.

Purpose

2 This is used in

measuring progress towards Skills for Life targets
producing FE Success Rates in order to place information about the Skills for Life and Basic Skills into the pre-aggregate, aims and demographics master files.

3 This dataset is part of the following collections

The Success Rates Files

Detailed definition

4 The table is produced by an export from the analytical version of the Learning Aims Database (LAD) in SPSS format.

Table 1 Fields in the Basic Skills Lookup Table

Field name	Description
A09	Learning aim reference
BS_PARTN	Learning aims that meet criteria for Skills for Life
BS_FLAG	Skills for Life learning aims that contribute towards target
BS_TYPE	Learning aim category
BS_ESOL	Skills for Life learning aims that are also English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Creator	Analysis and MI Team
Date issued	21 December 2005
Date created	21 December 2005
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Last Modified: 23 Dec 05