Education and Social Class

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This paper examines how the criteria used for assessing whether a school is good or effective differs among individuals. It shows how some individuals may prioritize educational attainment and thus would consider a school with above average G.C.S.E. results as a "good" school whereas others perceive a happy learning environment for their child as the most important factor. Through a literature review, it also analyzes the link between the educational attainment and social class of an individual by drawing on a ILEA report, intake levels, the standards model, the school-level intake-adjusted model and a pupil-level intake-adjusted model.

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"These national examinations do provide some measure of the academic success of both the pupil and school but other components need to be considered to measure this aspect alone. Furthermore, a school's effectiveness should be based on, not only academic attainment, but how well the school plays it's role in the development of vocational and life skills too. Yet, "this measurement (academic attainment) has occupied an increasingly high priority in the British schooling system in the last ten years." (Quilgars, 2001, p123)."

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