Goldstein, Harvey; Burgess, Simon; McConnell, Brendon - In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A 170 (2007) 4, pp. 941-954
The recently introduced national pupil database in England allows the tracking of every child through the compulsory phases of the state education system. The data from key stage 2 for three local education authorities are studied, following cohorts of pupils through their schooling. The...