Abstract
Governments and education systems worldwide have tried using additional cash transfers to encourage school enrolment and attendance and to reduce the attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their peers. There are now many strands of evidence on the success of such schemes. This chapter presents the results of international structured reviews of the existing evidence, coupled with a summary of the new findings from a 14-year evaluation of the impact of the Pupil Premium funding policy in England. This overview suggests that payments to improve attendance are best given to individuals rather than schools, conditional on attendance or progression. The attainment gap between socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils and the rest is strongly linked to the level of clustering (or segregation) of poorer students between schools. Such social segregation can be reduced by offering schools funding to take disadvantaged students, and segregation has declined substantially following such a scheme in England after 2010. This decline is linked to an uneven decline in the attainment gap. The chapter concludes with suggestions for policy and practice on how to improve the situation further.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers |
Subtitle of host publication | A Pipeline to Robust Education Research |
Editors | Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 7 |
Pages | 77-86 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003455066, 9781040027516 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781032592800, 9781032595207 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 May 2024 |
Publication series
Name | Routledge Research in Higher Education |
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Publisher | Routledge |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Stephen Gorard and Nadia Siddiqui; individual chapters, the contributors.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Psychology