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Understanding low achievement in English schools

Kingdon, Geeta; Cassen, Robert - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Tens of thousands of young people leave school with no or very few qualifications in England. This paper seeks to build …

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Social Segregation in Secondary Schools: How Does England Compare with Other Countries?

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We provide new evidence about the degree of social segregation in England’s secondary schools, employing a cross … for sampling variation in the estimates. England is shown to be a middle-ranking country, as is the USA. High segregation … Scotland. In explaining England’s position, we argue that its segregation is mostly accounted for by unevenness in social …

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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

following questions: do disabled children in England have lower cognitive skills prior to school entry? How do educational …

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Value Added in English Schools

Ray, Andrew; McCormack, Tanya; Evans, Helen - In: Education Finance and Policy 4 (2009) October, pp. 415-438

Value-added indicators are now a central part of school accountability in England, and value-added information is … and national governments. The article outlines the development of value-added models in England following the introduction …

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Does Whole-School Reform Boost Student Performance? The Case of New York City

Bifulco, Robert; Duncombe, William; Yinger, John - Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School - 2003

Thousands of schools around the country have implemented whole-school reform programs to boost student performance. This paper uses quasi-experimental methods to estimate the impact of whole-school reform on students' reading performance in New York City, where various reform programs were...

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Quality Dimensional Analysis: A Basis for Marketing Strategy of Higher Educational Institutions

Babic-Hodovic, Vesna; Mehic, Eldin - In: Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business 7 (2004) Special Conference Issue, pp. 171-187

Higher education institutions currently face an increased number of participants in the market on the supply side, and increased level of requirements at the demand side. Therefore, an appropriate marketing strategy is required to pay attention to this fact. We need to apply conquest marketing...

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Education - A Job Market Signal?

Leino, Topias - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on job market signalling and on education as a job market signal. Possible economic implications of educational job market signalling to an individual and the society are represented based on existing theories. The paper also reviews...

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Educational Attainment in Denmark: The role of parents’ education and childhood living conditions

Deding, Mette C.; Hussain, Mohammad Azhar - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science … 125 (2005) 3, pp. 347-368

We consider the importance of parental education and childhood living conditions on children’s educational attainment in Denmark. Data are two surveys of living conditions merged with register data and children included are children of interviewees’ aged 25-35 in 1998. We estimate...

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Wer ist bereit Studiengebühren zu zahlen?

Jirjahn, Uwe - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science … 127 (2007) 3, pp. 343-372

This paper uses a survey of students in economics and business administration at the University of Hannover and the University of Regensburg. We examine students’ hypothetical responses to the introduction of tuition fees. Both less able students and students with a poor financial background...

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Is Early Learning Really More Productive? The Effect of School Starting Age on School and Labor Market Performance

Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

In Sweden, children typically start compulsory school the year they turn seven. Hence, individuals born just before or just after the new year, have about the same date of birth but start school at different ages. We exploit this source of exogenous variation, to identify the effects of age at...

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