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Competition, Cream-Skimming and Department Performance within Secondary Schools

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Title: Competition, Cream-Skimming and Department Performance within Secondary Schools
Language: English
Authors: Davies, Peter, Telhaj, Shqiponje, Hutton, David, Adnett, Nick, Coe, Robert
Source: British Educational Research Journal. Feb 2009 35(1):65-81.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2009
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Competition, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, French, German, History, Geography Instruction, History Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
DOI: 10.1080/01411920802041707
ISSN: 0141-1926
Abstract: The performance of departments has been largely neglected in previous studies of subject choice in secondary schools. This is a significant omission because analysis at departmental level enables a fuller assessment of the effects of competition and specialisation on pupil performance. This paper examines relationships between both absolute and value-added measures of departmental performance and the likelihood of students being entered for examination in a subject. It examines these relationships with reference to four option subjects: French, German, Geography and History. It utilises data from an Economic and Social Research Council-funded study which examined trends and patterns in departmental effectiveness using a sample of 664 schools which participated in the Yellis monitoring system for a minimum of five years during the period 1995-2002. (Contains 6 tables and 2 notes.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 34
Entry Date: 2009
Accession Number: EJ823600
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The performance of departments has been largely neglected in previous studies of subject choice in secondary schools. This is a significant omission because analysis at departmental level enables a fuller assessment of the effects of competition and specialisation on pupil performance. This paper examines relationships between both absolute and value-added measures of departmental performance and the likelihood of students being entered for examination in a subject. It examines these relationships with reference to four option subjects: French, German, Geography and History. It utilises data from an Economic and Social Research Council-funded study which examined trends and patterns in departmental effectiveness using a sample of 664 schools which participated in the Yellis monitoring system for a minimum of five years during the period 1995-2002. (Contains 6 tables and 2 notes.)
ISSN:0141-1926
DOI:10.1080/01411920802041707