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View article: The rise in teenagers skipping school across English-speaking countries following the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from PISA
The rise in teenagers skipping school across English-speaking countries following the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from PISA Open
Many countries are grappling with the long shadow that COVID has cast over their education systems, including dramatic increases in absence from school. This paper presents new insights into this issue by investigating how the proportion o…
View article: Hospital admissions amongst high-achieving adolescents from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds
Hospital admissions amongst high-achieving adolescents from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds Open
View article: School absences, exclusions and criminal sentences amongst high-achieving children from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds
School absences, exclusions and criminal sentences amongst high-achieving children from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds Open
View article: Initial estimates of teacher value‐added in English primary schools
Initial estimates of teacher value‐added in English primary schools Open
A sizeable literature investigating teacher test score value‐added—the extent to which pupils make different rates of progress under different teachers—has emerged in the United States. While there is much interest in estimating teacher va…
View article: Associations of menstrual health with school absenteeism and educational performance among Ugandan secondary school students: A longitudinal study
Associations of menstrual health with school absenteeism and educational performance among Ugandan secondary school students: A longitudinal study Open
Background Relatively few studies have quantified the amount of school missed due to poor menstrual health, or the impact of menstrual health on educational performance. Methods We analysed baseline and longitudinal data from participants …
View article: Effects and costs of a multi-component menstrual health intervention (MENISCUS) on mental health problems, educational performance, and menstrual health in Ugandan secondary schools: an open-label, school-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial
Effects and costs of a multi-component menstrual health intervention (MENISCUS) on mental health problems, educational performance, and menstrual health in Ugandan secondary schools: an open-label, school-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial Open
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Medical Research Council; Department of Health and Social Care; and Wellcome.
View article: What happens to bright 5-year-olds from poor backgrounds? Longitudinal evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study
What happens to bright 5-year-olds from poor backgrounds? Longitudinal evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study Open
View article: Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment
Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment Open
View article: The link between school leadership, staff job satisfaction and retention. Longitudinal evidence from England
The link between school leadership, staff job satisfaction and retention. Longitudinal evidence from England Open
This paper presents new evidence on the link between staff perceptions of school leadership and job satisfaction, drawing on three waves of The Engagement Platform data collected from over 4000 members of school staff in England. We find t…
View article: Professional learning communities and teacher outcomes. A cross-national analysis
Professional learning communities and teacher outcomes. A cross-national analysis Open
View article: Data Collection During a Pandemic. How Did COVID-19 Impact the Sample Composition in PIRLS 2021?
Data Collection During a Pandemic. How Did COVID-19 Impact the Sample Composition in PIRLS 2021? Open
View article: Teacher Self-Efficacy, Instructional Practice, and Student Outcomes: Evidence from the TALIS Video Study
Teacher Self-Efficacy, Instructional Practice, and Student Outcomes: Evidence from the TALIS Video Study Open
In this paper we use novel data to test the direct and indirect paths between teacher self-efficacy and student outcomes. This includes how teacher self-efficacy is linked to student, teacher, and expert rater views of lesson quality. Our …
View article: Does within-school between-class ability grouping harm the educational outcomes of socio-economically disadvantaged children? International evidence
Does within-school between-class ability grouping harm the educational outcomes of socio-economically disadvantaged children? International evidence Open
Grouping students into different classes based upon their academic achievement or ability is a relatively common practice across the world, particularly in English-speaking countries. Yet some argue that teaching students in mixed-ability …
View article: What happens to bright 5-year-olds from poor backgrounds? Longitudinal evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study.
What happens to bright 5-year-olds from poor backgrounds? Longitudinal evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study. Open
High-achieving children from low-income families have an opportunity to break through the glass ceiling and achieve upwards social mobility. Yet there have been relatively few studies investigating how key outcomes for this group develop t…
View article: Are satisfied teachers better teachers? International evidence from the TALIS video study
Are satisfied teachers better teachers? International evidence from the TALIS video study Open
View article: Do schools that employ an inspector get better inspection grades?
Do schools that employ an inspector get better inspection grades? Open
In England, a substantial proportion of school inspections are conducted by current school leaders. This may lead to concerns that this gives their school (about 2% of schools) an advantage in the inspection process when it is their turn t…
View article: Who Do the Socially Mobile Vote For? A Longitudinal Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility and Political Preferences
Who Do the Socially Mobile Vote For? A Longitudinal Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility and Political Preferences Open
Social mobility has become a key public policy issue across the Western world. But who do the upwardly and downwardly mobile vote for? Does their voting behaviour remain the same as their peers in their social origin class, or does it quic…
View article: How do views of working conditions vary across school staff?
How do views of working conditions vary across school staff? Open
There has been much recent interest in working conditions in schools. Yet most existing studies are based upon samples of teachers, without capturing the views of other members of staff. This is despite individuals in non-teaching roles (t…
View article: High Stakes Assessments in Primary Schools and Teachers’ Anxiety About Work
High Stakes Assessments in Primary Schools and Teachers’ Anxiety About Work Open
High-stakes assessments are a common feature of many education systems. One argument often made against their use, however, is that they have a negative impact on wellbeing across the education sector, including teachers. We present new ev…
View article: The strengths and limitations of using quantitative data to inform school inspections
The strengths and limitations of using quantitative data to inform school inspections Open
School inspections are a common feature of many education systems. These may be informed by quantitative background data about schools. It is recognised that there are pros and cons of using such quantitative information as part of the ins…
View article: Inspecting the Inspectorate: New insights into Ofsted inspections
Inspecting the Inspectorate: New insights into Ofsted inspections Open
This is the final report of the Nuffield funded project Inspecting the Inspectorate.
View article: Do inspection reports change over time?
Do inspection reports change over time? Open
School inspections are a common feature of education systems across the world. In these inspections, trained professionals visit schools and reach a high-stakes judgement about the quality of education they provide. School inspections rely…
View article: Testing for sequential bias in school inspections
Testing for sequential bias in school inspections Open
Inspectors are tasked with judging the quality of provision based on visits to schools. They conduct these inspections sequentially, completing one before moving on to the next. However, empirical research in a range of settings outside ed…
View article: Looping: does keeping the same secondary school mathematics teacher lead to better outcomes?
Looping: does keeping the same secondary school mathematics teacher lead to better outcomes? Open
Previous research has suggested that pupils may benefit from retaining the same teacher for more than one academic year, leading to better relationships, lower levels of absence and higher test scores. This has led some to suggest that lea…
View article: The link between teacher buy‐in and intentions to continue working in their current school
The link between teacher buy‐in and intentions to continue working in their current school Open
Previous research has found school working conditions—particularly school leadership—to be linked to teacher retention. At the same time, evidence from the management literature has suggested that obtaining ‘buy‐in’ from staff is critical …
View article: How robust are socio‐economic achievement gradients using <scp>PISA</scp> data? A case study from Germany
How robust are socio‐economic achievement gradients using <span>PISA</span> data? A case study from Germany Open
Large‐scale international achievement studies such as PISA have been widely used to study how educational inequality compares across countries. Yet the various different biases that may affect these estimates are often not considered or ar…
View article: Measuring parental income using administrative data. What is the best proxy available?
Measuring parental income using administrative data. What is the best proxy available? Open
Administrative data are increasingly being used to study inequalities in education. Yet a well-known difficulty with such resources is the limited information they hold. A commonly used proxy for children coming from a low-income backgroun…
View article: Do school preferences differ between mothers and fathers? International evidence from PISA
Do school preferences differ between mothers and fathers? International evidence from PISA Open
A sizeable literature – spanning education, sociology and economics – has investigated the issue of parental school preferences and school choice. A notable gap in the existing evidence base is an exploration of how such preferences differ…
View article: Teacher surveys: The pros and cons of random probability surveys versus teacher panels
Teacher surveys: The pros and cons of random probability surveys versus teacher panels Open
Two commonly used approaches to capturing information about teachers are random probability surveys and teacher panels. This paper reviews the strengths and limitations of these two approaches in the context of capturing information about …
View article: Exclusion rates from international large-scale assessments: an analysis of 20 years of IEA data
Exclusion rates from international large-scale assessments: an analysis of 20 years of IEA data Open
Cross-national comparisons of educational achievement rely upon each participating country collecting nationally representative data. While obtaining high response rates is a key part of reaching this goal, other potentially important fact…