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Holmlund, Helena; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2008

There is considerable disagreement in the academic literature about whether raising school expenditure improves educational outcomes. Yet changing the level of resources is one of the key policy levers open to governments. In the UK, school expenditure has increased by about 40 per cent in real...

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The effect of tracking students by ability into different schools: a natural experiment

Guyon, Nina; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2010

The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment...

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The Making of Civic Virtues: A School-Based Experiment in Three Countries

Briole, Simon; Gurgand, Marc; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2022

With the rise of polarization and extremism, the question of how best to transmit civic virtues across generations is more acute than ever. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that schools can be the place for this transmission by empowering students and gathering them around concrete and...

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Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities

Gibbons, Steve; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2012

Improving the educational attainment of disadvantaged students in urban schools is a priority for policy worldwide, but existing research is equivocal about the effectiveness of additional funding for achieving this objective. This study exploits anomalies in the spatial dimension of school...

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Every child matters? An evaluation of 'special educational needs' programmes in England

Keslair, Francois; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2011

The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of … children with moderate levels of 'special educational needs' in England. We show that the decentralized design of the policy … direct and indirect (spillover) effects. Thus, the analysis suggests that a key way that English education purports to help …

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#ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election

Azmat, Ghazala; Bell, Brian; Colmer, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

Please see the CEP #ElectionEconomics report(Paper 1)and the Executive Summary (Paper 2) that cover all the election 2015 briefings, discussing the research evidence on 15 of the UK's key policy battlegrounds: immigration, austerity, real wages and living standards, productivity and business,...

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Schools: The Evidence on Academies, Resources and Pupil Performance

McNally, Sandra - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

England's performance in international tests of student achievement continues to be disappointing. Further improvement is essential not only for students' themselves but also for economic growth. This briefing considers the impact of Academies, school spending and teacher quality. Research...

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Every child matters? An evaluation of “Special Educational Needs” programmes in England

Keslair, Francois; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 932-948

The need for education to help every child has become more important for policy in the US and the UK. Remedial … decentralized design of the policy generates much stronger differences across schools in access to remediation resources for …

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An Evaluation of “Special Educational Needs” Programmes in England

Keslair, Francois; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE - 2011

The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of … children with moderate levels of 'special educational needs' in England. We show that the decentralized design of the policy … combined direct and indirect (spillover) effects. Thus, the analysis suggests that a key way that English education purports to …

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Non-Native Speakers Of English In The Classroom: What Are The Effects On Pupil Performance?

Geay, Charlotte; McNally, Sandra; Telhaj, Shqiponja - Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE - 2012

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of children going to school in England who do not speak English as a first language. We investigate whether this has an impact on the educational outcomes of native English speakers at the end of primary school. We show that the negative...

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