Hidden variation in school performance tables: the difficulties in identifying mathematics departments that are effective for disadvantaged students

Fay Baldry; Jenni Ingram; Andrea Pitt; Victoria Faith Elliott

Hidden variation in school performance tables: the difficulties in identifying mathematics departments that are effective for disadvantaged students

Fay Baldry, Jenni Ingram, Andrea Pitt, Victoria Faith Elliott

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Abstract

The achievement gap between disadvantaged students and others has received considerable attention from politicians and the press. School performance tables, which are used to rank schools, now include measures of this gap. Results from this study show that using alternative measures of the achievement gap would have a considerable impact on the position schools hold in these tables. Combining measures has allowed schools to be identified that are differentially effective for disadvantaged students in mathematics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-24
Number of pages	6
Journal	Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Volume	34
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014
Event	British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics Day Conference - London, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Mar 2014 → …

Keywords

achievement gap
disadv
performance tables

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Baldry, F, Ingram, J, Pitt, A & Elliott, VF 2014, 'Hidden variation in school performance tables: the difficulties in identifying mathematics departments that are effective for disadvantaged students', Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 19-24. <http://www.bsrlm.org.uk/IPs/ip34-1/BSRLM-IP-34-1-04.pdf>

Hidden variation in school performance tables : the difficulties in identifying mathematics departments that are effective for disadvantaged students. / Baldry, Fay; Ingram, Jenni; Pitt, Andrea et al.

In: Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, Vol. 34, No. 1, 03.2014, p. 19-24.

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