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CASEpaper

The Dynamics of School Attainment of England's Ethnic Minorities

Deborah Wilson, Simon Burgess and Adam Briggs

We exploit a universe dataset of state school students in England with linked test score records to document the evolution of attainment through school for different ethnic groups. The analysis yields a number of strikin...Read more...

January 2006

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Schools in Disadvantaged Areas: Recognising context and raising quality

Ruth Lupton

Both educational attainment and school quality are typically lower in disadvantaged areas than others and much recent policy attention has been focused on each. This paper looks at the quality problem, exploring the rela...Read more...

January 2004

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Schools, Education and Social Exclusion

Jo Sparkes

A review of research evidence suggests that low levels of educational attainment are crucial in generating and sustaining social exclusion. Test scores at school are the most effective predictor of many adult outcomes. S...Read more...

November 1999