An investigation into regional differences in educational performance in the National Child Development Study

(1998) - Rosie McNiece, Flavia Jolliffe

Journal: Educational Research
Link:: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0013188980400102
DOI:: 10.1080/0013188980400102
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Tags:: #paper #NCDS #Attainment
Cite Key:: [@mcnieceInvestigationRegionalDifferences1998]

Abstract

The National Child Development Study (NCDS) is used to investigate factors which affect children's educational performance over time. Multilevel modelling techniques are used on a subset of the NCDS to investigate variation in educational performance in 11 regions in the UK, and in local education authorities within these regions. Social characteristics of the NCDS members are also analysed. Differences between regions and education authorities are found to be negligible, the main source of variation in achievement being due to differences in social background.

Notes

“. Differences between regions and education authorities are found to be negligible, the main source of variation in achievement being due to differences in social background” (McNiece and Jolliffe, 1998, p. 1)