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Students’ Academic Attainments at British State and Private Schools. Alice Sullivan – Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, as@ioe.ac.uk Anthony Heath – Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Aims.
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Students’ Academic Attainments at British State and Private Schools Alice Sullivan – Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, as@ioe.ac.uk Anthony Heath – Department of Sociology, University of Oxford
Aims • How did the various types of school attended by the NCDS children vary in terms of student intake? • To what extent are differences in academic outcomes for students at the different types of school explained by differences in the characteristics of the children who attended the schools? • Were different students affected differently by the different school sectors?
National Child Development Study • Longitudinal study of a cohort born in Britain in a single week in 1958. • Sweeps in 1958, 1965, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1991, 1999/2000. • In 1970s, education system in transition from tripartite to comprehensive.
Analysis of Test Scores 1 Model 1: no controls Model 2: + controls for intake Model 3: + school interactions Model 4: + controls for school characteristics
Analysis of GCE Passes 1 Model 1: no controls Model 2: + controls for intake Model 3: + school interactions Model 4: + controls for school characteristics