eprintid: 10049698
rev_number: 22
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/10/04/96/98
datestamp: 2018-06-01 09:28:26
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Wilkinson, D
creators_name: Bryson, A
creators_name: Stokes, L
title: Assessing the Variance in Pupil Attainment: How Important is the School Attended?
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: schools, school performance, pupil attainmentI21
note: © 2018, © 2018 National Institute of Economic and Social Research. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: We explore the variation in pupil attainment at the end of secondary schooling in England. The paper links data on all schools and all pupils within these schools to analyse the role of the school in accounting for this variation. We analyse a number of different indicators of pupil attainment including value added between the end of primary and secondary schooling and attainment levels at the end of secondary schooling. We examine indicators that were the focus of the school accounting framework as well as other indicators that were not directly part of how schools were assessed. We show that schools account for a minority of the variance in pupil attainment, and the extent of the variation accounted for by the school is sensitive to the measure of pupil attainment used. In addition, we find that the majority of the explained school-level variance in attainment is related to school composition. However, most of the variance in attainment remains unexplained, raising questions about what other factors contribute to the variation in school performance.
date: 2018-02-01
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002795011824300110
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Journal Article
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elements_id: 1533337
doi: 10.1177/002795011824300110
lyricists_name: Bryson, Alexander
lyricists_name: Wilkinson, David
lyricists_id: ABRYS65
lyricists_id: DAWIL86
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: National Institute Economic Review
volume: 243
number: 1
pagerange: R4-R16
issn: 1741-3036
citation:        Wilkinson, D;    Bryson, A;    Stokes, L;      (2018)    Assessing the Variance in Pupil Attainment: How Important is the School Attended?                   National Institute Economic Review , 243  (1)   R4-R16.    10.1177/002795011824300110 <https://doi.org/10.1177/002795011824300110>.       Green open access   
 
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