Comments for Rebecca Allen http://rebeccaallen.co.uk Musings on English education policy Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Reporting GCSE performance by groups is fraught with problems by Gifted Phoenix Twitter Round-Up: Number Four « Gifted Phoenix's Blog http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2012/01/22/reporting-gcse-performance-by-groups-is-fraught-with-problems/#comment-50 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:55:41 +0000 http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/?p=111#comment-50 [...] GCSE performance by groups is fraught with problems: http://t.co/weQZNenl – would reporting by sub-levels [...]

]]> Comment on Reporting GCSE performance by groups is fraught with problems by Turning the tables | Public Finance Opinion http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2012/01/22/reporting-gcse-performance-by-groups-is-fraught-with-problems/#comment-30 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:13:05 +0000 http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/?p=111#comment-30 [...] has one significant disadvantage, set out in detail by Rebecca Allen here. The middle group contains around 45% of all pupils, and so there is very significant variation in [...]

]]> Comment on Reporting GCSE performance by groups is fraught with problems by Why the new school league tables are much better … but could be better still « CMPO Viewpoint http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2012/01/22/reporting-gcse-performance-by-groups-is-fraught-with-problems/#comment-29 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:34:45 +0000 http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/?p=111#comment-29 [...] has one significant disadvantage, set out in detail by Rebecca Allen here. The middle group contains around 45% of all pupils, and so there is very significant variation in [...]

]]> Comment on Reporting GCSE performance by groups is fraught with problems by Making the Government Account for Accountability | Laura McInerney http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2012/01/22/reporting-gcse-performance-by-groups-is-fraught-with-problems/#comment-27 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:23:12 +0000 http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/?p=111#comment-27 [...] Allen ran the figures comparing the DfE’s version of her measure to her more accurate one. The results are fascinating and can be found on her website here, showing that the DfE figure vastly favours schools where [...]

]]> Comment on Grammar schools and pupil achievement by kalinski1970 (@kalinski1970) http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2008/08/03/grammar-schools-and-pupil-achievement/#comment-25 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:58:49 +0000 http://beckyallen.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-25 Hi

I would be interested to see what effect the Dr Swift longitudinal study would have on your findings. He seems to suggest even less positive impacts and greater negative ones.

Many thanks for posting these and putting the links on twitter

]]> Comment on School autonomy and social segregation by Becky Allen http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2010/04/06/school-autonomy-and-social-segregation/#comment-18 Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:17:14 +0000 http://beckyallen.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-18 It has been published as:
Allen, R. and West, A. (2010) Why do faith secondary schools have advantaged intakes? The relative importance of neighbourhood characteristics, social background and religious identification amongst parents, British Educational Research Journal, forthcoming.

Available on iFirst. Not yet allocated a volume.

]]> Comment on School autonomy and social segregation by Geoffrey Short http://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2010/04/06/school-autonomy-and-social-segregation/#comment-17 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:58:48 +0000 http://beckyallen.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-17 Would you be kind enough to give me the complete reference for your article:

Why do faith secondary schools have advantaged intakes?

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