The Scottish Further Education Funding Council has commissioned the Centre for Educational Sociology to carry out a small study on the viability of a value-added performance indicator (PI) in Scottish FE. Such an indicator would measure the difference made by a college to the educational attainment of students. The Centre is collecting views and evidence from the college sector through a letter to all Principals, visits to selected colleges and representatives of the sector, and informal (phone and email) consultation with staff in a range of colleges. It is reviewing relevant literature on the experience of value-added approaches and the determinants of educational attainment in FE or similar contexts, including literature from other parts of the UK and overseas.