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The mathematics skills of school children: How does England compare to the high performing East Asian jurisdictions?
Jerrim, John; Choi, Alvaro - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2013
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are two highly respected studies of school pupils’ academic achievement. English policymakers have been disappointed with school children’s performance on these tests,...
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University access for disadvantaged children: A comparison across English speaking countries
Jerrim, John; Vignoles, Anna; Finnie, Ross - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2012
In this paper we consider whether certain countries are particularly adept (or particularly poor) at getting children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132455
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Matched panel data estimates of the impact of Teach First on school and departmental performance
Allen, Rebecca; Allnutt, Jay - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2013
In this paper we evaluate whether the placement of Teach First’s carefully selected, yet inexperienced new teachers into deprived secondary schools in England has altered the educational outcomes of pupils at the age of 16. Our difference-in-difference panel estimation approach matches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132459
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England's "plummeting" PISA test scores between 2000 and 2009: Is the performance of our secondary school pupils really in relative decline
Jerrim, John - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2011
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are two highly respected cross-national studies of pupil achievement. These have been specifically designed to study how different countries' educational systems are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132463
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Two-Sample Two-Stage Least Squares (TSTSLS) estimates of earnings mobility: how consistent are they?
Jerrim, John; Choi, Alvaro; Rodriguez, Rosa Simancas - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2014
Academics and policymakers have shown great interest in cross-national comparisons of intergenerational earnings mobility. However, producing consistent and comparable estimates of earnings mobility is not a trivial task. In most countries researchers are unable to observe earnings information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132468
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Teacher Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pupil-fixed effects estimates for twelve countries
Hein, Christopher F.; Allen, Rebecca - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2013
This paper estimates the relationship between teacher characteristics and teacher quality by applying point-in-time pupil-fixed effects. It uses a large cross-sectional dataset of grade 6 teaching and learning in 12 sub-Saharan countries. The findings are generally in line with the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850101
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Do Performance Targets Affect Behaviour? Evidence from Discontinuities in Test Scores in England
Sartarelli, Marcello - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2011
Performance targets are ubiquitous in all areas of an individual's life such as education, jobs, sport competitions and charity donations. In this paper I assess whether meeting performance targets in tests at school has an effect on students' subsequent behaviour. This is helpful to test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868111
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Disabled children's cognitive development in the early years
Parsons, Samantha; Platt, Lucinda - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2014
Disabled children are known to fare worse in terms of educational attainment during their school years, with subsequent … consequences for their later transitions and adult outcomes. But despite the acknowledged importance of the early years in children …'s later outcomes, we know relatively little about when disabled children's educational problems emerge or how they develop in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010936500
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The socio-economic gradient in children's reading skills and the role of genetics
Jerrim, John; Vignoles, Anna; Lingam, Raghu; Friend, Angela - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2013
By the time children leave primary school there is a large socio-economic gap in their reading proficiency. There are a … Parents and Children (ALSPAC) dataset. We find that whilst these genes are indeed correlated with reading outcomes, effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132450
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How should we treat under-performing schools? A regression discontinuity analysis of school inspections in England
Allen, Rebecca; Burgess, Simon; McKenna, Leigh - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2010
We analyse the initial impact of a major school admission reform in Brighton and Hove. The new system incorporated a lottery for oversubscribed places and new catchment areas. We examine the post-reform changes in school composition. We locate the major winners and losers in terms of the quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132457