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Hodgen, Jeremy; Taylor, Becky; Francis, Becky; Craig, Nicole; Bretscher, Nicola; Tereshchenko, Antonina; Connolly, Paul; Mazenod, Anna – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
Despite extensive research on attainment grouping, the impact of attainment grouping on pupil attainment remains poorly understood and contested. This paper presents evidence from a study conducted with 2944 12-13 year olds, from 76 schools in England, who were allocated to between-class attainment groups ('setting') in English and mathematics…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
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Connolly, Paul; Taylor, Becky; Francis, Becky; Archer, Louise; Hodgen, Jeremy; Mazenod, Anna; Tereshchenko, Antonina – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
Drawing upon data gathered from 9301 Year 7 students (12-13 years old) from 46 secondary schools in England, this study represents the first larger-scale attempt to compare their actual set allocations in maths with the counterfactual position where their allocation to sets is based solely on their prior attainment at the end of primary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Placement, Secondary School Mathematics
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Archer, Louise; Francis, Becky; Miller, Sarah; Taylor, Becky; Tereshchenko, Antonina; Mazenod, Anna; Pepper, David; Travers, Mary-Claire – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
"Setting" is a widespread practice in the UK, despite little evidence of its efficacy and substantial evidence of its detrimental impact on those allocated to the lowest sets. Taking a Bourdieusian approach, we propose that setting can be understood as a practice through which the social and cultural reproduction of dominant power…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Mixed Methods Research