The Balance Thesis: Contextual Effects of Ability on Pupils' 0-Grade Examination Results.

Willms, J. Douglas

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The Balance Thesis: Contextual Effects of Ability on Pupils' 0-Grade Examination Results.

Willms, J. Douglas

Oxford Review of Education, v11 n1 p33-41 1985

This study of 15 comprehensive schools in Scotland showed that the higher the average ability level of a school, the higher was the achievement in English and arithmetic of individual pupils of different levels of ability, even after controlling for effects attributable to the pupils' individual characteristics. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Context Effect, Educational Environment, Educational Research, English Instruction, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Mathematics Education, Secondary Education, Student Characteristics

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)

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