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ERIC Number: EJ505717
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
Attainment and Behaviour of Children in Care and at Home.
Colton, Matthew; Heath, Anthony
Oxford Review of Education, v20 n3 p317-27 1994
Reports on a longitudinal study about the educational progress and behavior of 49 children in long-term foster care and a comparison group of children receiving social work support while remaining with their birth families. Finds that the children in foster care showed lower academic achievement and more behavioral problems. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Behavior Problems, Child Caregivers, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Foster Children, Government School Relationship, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement, Social Workers, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Great Britain
Note: Theme issue topic: "The Education of Children in Need."