Beschreibung:
Governments, local authorities, school leaders, and teachers all over the world want to improve the attainment and participation of all students at school. They also want to minimise any systematic differences in school outcomes between social and economic groups. However, considerable effort and money is being wasted on policies, practices and interventions that have very little hope of success, and that may indeed endanger the progress that is being made otherwise. The poor quality of much education research evidence, and an unwillingness among users of evidence to discriminate appropriately between what we know and do not know, means that opportunities are being missed. At a time of reduced public spending and increased public unrest, at least in the UK, it is important that proposed interventions are both effective and efficient.
1. What is disadvantage in education? 2. The quality of existing datasets 3. The quality of available evidence 4. The role of school intakes 5. The role of schools 6. The role of teachers 7. The wider outcomes of schooling 8. Post-school outcomes 9. Targeted approaches 10. The role of individuals 11. The role of 'parents' 12. The way forward in overcoming educational disadvantage