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ERIC Number: EJ644455
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1881
Social Deprivation, School-Level Achievement and Special Educational Needs.
Croll, Paul
Educational Research, v44 n1 p43-53 Spr 2002
Data from interviews with 299 teachers in 46 English primary schools revealed that the correlation between free school meals and achievement and between free school meals and special educational needs may stem from teacher judgments. The very poorest schools with the lowest achievement have substantially higher levels of special needs identified by teachers. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Lunch Programs, Poverty, Special Needs Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England