Executive Summary

Why we carried out this assessment

ES.1 The Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels statistics are published annually by Scottish Government and provide information on national performance in Scotland in literacy and numeracy.

ES.2 Scottish Government asked the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) to assess the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics. In requesting this assessment, the statistics team at Scottish Government has demonstrated its commitment to produce statistics that meet the standards required of accredited official statistics under the Code of Practice for Statistics.

ES.3 Our assessment found widespread good practice in the production of these statistics. We have identified four actions for Scottish Government to fulfil in order for the Achievement of CfE Levels statistics to become accredited official statistics (called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007). Once the statistics team demonstrates that these steps have been undertaken, OSR will recommend that the UK Statistics Authority confirm the accredited official statistics status.