Closing The Educational Attainment Gap
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Introduction The Attainment Gap
educationendowmentfoundation.org.ukpupils and in closing the overall attainment gap. The attainment gap: its impact on children and young people • The attainment gap is largest for children and young people eligible for free school meals (the best available proxy measure of economic disadvantage) and those assessed with special educational needs.
Closing The Attainment Gap What Can Schools Do
www.parliament.scotThis briefing focuses on what schools can do to close the attainment gap. It highlights six key areas/interventions, gathered from evidence-based educational research both nationally and internationally, that have collectively proved effective in closing the attainment gap, but this is …
A Framework to support the Self-evaluation
education.gov.scotattainment as well as social and emotional competences. Nurture Groups are described as having a positive impact on closing the attainment gap in ‘Closing the Attainment Gap in Scottish Education’ 1 At the heart of Nurture is a focus on wellbeing and relationships and a drive to support the growth and
Closing the attainment gap in Scottish education
www.jrf.org.ukClosing the attainment gap in Scottish education 06 Local authorities should: • ensure that improving the educational outcomes for pupils from economically disadvantaged homes is a priority in the local authority and
Slavery, racial inequality, and education
wol.iza.orgof low educational attainment and inferior educational quality, the racial gap was still very wide. Subsequently, however, as successive generations of black children received more and better schooling, the racial gap narrowed, with an eventual impact on earnings equalization. Persistence of racial education inequality
Mind the Gap: Understanding the Indigenous education gap ...
www.cis.org.aueducational and employment opportunities of these young learners, condemning many to prolonged economic and social disadvantage. Truly ‘closing this gap’ is a moral, educational, and economic imperative. Dispiritingly poor education outcomes persist despite the best of intentions, considerable investment of resources, and countless
Economic Growth in Developing Countries: The Role of …
hanushek.stanford.eduattainment. The magnitude of change needed makes clear that closing the economic gap with developed countries will require major structural changes in schooling institutions. The Measurement of Human Capital in Economic Growth In the late 1980s and early 1990s, empirical macroeconomists turned to attempts to
Achieving Excellence and Equity - Scottish Government
www.gov.scotparticular focus on closing the poverty related attainment gap. We need Scottish education to deliver both excellence in terms of ensuring children and young people acquire a broad range of skills and capacities at the highest levels, whilst also delivering equity so that every child and young person should thrive and have the best
Closing the gap with the new primary national curriculum ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukof value to other schools, and ensure that they continue to close the attainment gap as they undergo the challenges of implementing and embedding the new national curriculum. It contains a number of themes which emerged from the projects and is intended to be a central piece of advice containing good practice for schools to use. The
Ethnicity, deprivation and educational achievement at age ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukCaribbean students have closed the gap with White British students, from 18 percentage points in 2003 to just 2 percentage points (80.4% vs. 82.7%) in 2013, although a small gap remains (OR= 0.86 for both minority groups). • A very large improvement for …