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A review of school-based interventions for the improvement of social emotional skills and wider outcomes of education (2018)
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Siddiqui, N., & Ventista, O. (2018). A review of school-based interventions for the improvement of social emotional skills and wider outcomes of education. International Journal of Educational Research, 90, 117-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2018.06.003

This paper presents a review of interventions which have the evidence of impact on students’ non-cognitive skills. The review included 3000 studies out of which 138 studies were found relevant. Only 13 studies could be considered for the final result... Read More about A review of school-based interventions for the improvement of social emotional skills and wider outcomes of education.

Grammar schools in England: a new analysis of social segregation and academic outcomes (2018)
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Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2018). Grammar schools in England: a new analysis of social segregation and academic outcomes. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(7), 909-924. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1443432

The UK government is planning to increase the number of pupils attending state-funded selective grammar schools, claiming that this will assist overall standards, reduce the poverty attainment gap and so aid social mobility. Using the full 2015 cohor... Read More about Grammar schools in England: a new analysis of social segregation and academic outcomes.

Can programmes like Philosophy for Children help schools to look beyond academic attainment? (2017)
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Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., & See, B. (2019). Can programmes like Philosophy for Children help schools to look beyond academic attainment?. Educational Review, 71(2), 146-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2017.1400948

Schools are places where children can learn behaviour, skills and attitudes that have lifelong relevance. In England, despite the continuing emphasis on attainment, there are clear moves to consider also the wider and non-cognitive outcomes of school... Read More about Can programmes like Philosophy for Children help schools to look beyond academic attainment?.

Parental education as a determinant of school choice: A comparative study of school types in Pakistan (2017)
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Siddiqui, N. (2017). Parental education as a determinant of school choice: A comparative study of school types in Pakistan. Research in Education, 99(1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523717725862

In Pakistan, school education is not compulsory for children and, therefore, sending a child to school is a matter of choice for parents. For those parents who choose school education for their children the options are government schools, private fee... Read More about Parental education as a determinant of school choice: A comparative study of school types in Pakistan.

An Analysis of School-Based Contextual Indicators for Possible Use in Widening Participation (2017)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & Boliver, V. (2017). An Analysis of School-Based Contextual Indicators for Possible Use in Widening Participation. Higher Education Studies, 7(2), Article 79. https://doi.org/10.5539/hes.v7n2p79

This paper looks at the National Pupil Database for England in terms of variables that could be used by universities to help them assess undergraduate applications. Where a young person is obviously disadvantaged, this can be taken into account in co... Read More about An Analysis of School-Based Contextual Indicators for Possible Use in Widening Participation.

Can explicit teaching of knowledge improve reading attainment? An evaluation of the core knowledge curriculum (2017)
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See, B., Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2017). Can explicit teaching of knowledge improve reading attainment? An evaluation of the core knowledge curriculum. British Educational Research Journal, 43(2), 372-393. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3278

In England, as elsewhere, there is a tension in primary schools between imparting knowledge and teaching basic skills like literacy and numeracy. State-mandated programmes are generally concerned with structure and skills. However, a number of minist... Read More about Can explicit teaching of knowledge improve reading attainment? An evaluation of the core knowledge curriculum.

Comparing government and private schools in Pakistan: the way forward for universal education (2017)
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Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (2017). Comparing government and private schools in Pakistan: the way forward for universal education. International Journal of Educational Research, 82, 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2017.01.007

This paper presents an analysis of children’s proficiency in English, reading and maths on the basis of a citizen-led household survey run by the Annual Statistics of Education Report (ASER) in Pakistan in 2014. Our main analysis involves a sub-group... Read More about Comparing government and private schools in Pakistan: the way forward for universal education.

Socio-economic segregation of disadvantaged children between schools in Pakistan: comparing the state and private sector (2017)
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Siddiqui, N. (2017). Socio-economic segregation of disadvantaged children between schools in Pakistan: comparing the state and private sector. Educational Studies, 43(4), 391-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2016.1277139

The distribution of children in different school-types and regions in Pakistan suggests that access and opportunities in education are not evenly accessible for many children. Segregation at school level is an important concern for equity and social... Read More about Socio-economic segregation of disadvantaged children between schools in Pakistan: comparing the state and private sector.

Can ‘Philosophy for Children’ improve primary school attainment? (2016)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2017). Can ‘Philosophy for Children’ improve primary school attainment?. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 51(1), 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12227

There are tensions within formal education between imparting knowledge and the development of skills for handling that knowledge. In the primary school sector, the latter can also be squeezed out of the curriculum by a focus on basic skills such as l... Read More about Can ‘Philosophy for Children’ improve primary school attainment?.

What works and what fails? Evidence from seven popular literacy ‘catch-up’ schemes for the transition to secondary school in England (2016)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2017). What works and what fails? Evidence from seven popular literacy ‘catch-up’ schemes for the transition to secondary school in England. Research Papers in Education, 32(5), 626-648. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2016.1225811

There are concerns that too many young people, from disadvantaged backgrounds, are moving into secondary education in the UK, and elsewhere, without the necessary literacy skills to make progress with the wider secondary school curriculum. A large nu... Read More about What works and what fails? Evidence from seven popular literacy ‘catch-up’ schemes for the transition to secondary school in England.

An evaluation of Fresh Start as a catch-up intervention: A trial conducted by teachers (2016)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2016). An evaluation of Fresh Start as a catch-up intervention: A trial conducted by teachers. Educational Studies, 42(1), 98-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2016.1148587

This paper describes a randomised controlled trial conducted with 10 secondary schools in England to evaluate the impact and feasibility of Fresh Start as an intervention to help new entrants with low prior literacy. Fresh Start is a synthetic phonic... Read More about An evaluation of Fresh Start as a catch-up intervention: A trial conducted by teachers.

Best practice in conducting RCTs: Lessons learnt from an independent evaluation of the Response-to-Intervention programme (2015)
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See, B., Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2015). Best practice in conducting RCTs: Lessons learnt from an independent evaluation of the Response-to-Intervention programme. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 47, 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2015.09.003

This paper presents the findings of the first independent UK evaluation of a large-scale randomised controlled trial of Response-to-Intervention, used as a catch-up literacy intervention. A total of 385 pupils in their final year of primary school (Y... Read More about Best practice in conducting RCTs: Lessons learnt from an independent evaluation of the Response-to-Intervention programme.

Will the Use of Contextual Indicators Make UK Higher Education Admissions Fairer? (2015)
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Boliver, V., Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2015). Will the Use of Contextual Indicators Make UK Higher Education Admissions Fairer?. Education Sciences, 5(4), 306-322. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci5040306

In the UK, as elsewhere, the use of ‘contextual’ data has been strongly advocated in order to inform undergraduate admissions decision-making. More than a third of UK universities currently take the socioeconomic or other background context of underg... Read More about Will the Use of Contextual Indicators Make UK Higher Education Admissions Fairer?.

How effective is a summer school for catch-up attainment in English and maths? (2015)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2015). How effective is a summer school for catch-up attainment in English and maths?. International Journal of Educational Research, 73, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2015.07.003

The current study is an efficacy trial of a summer school programme, targeted at literacy and numeracy catch-up for pupils in years 5 and 6. During the summer holidays the intervention provided extra schooling in English and maths along with a wide v... Read More about How effective is a summer school for catch-up attainment in English and maths?.

Accelerated Reader as a literacy catch-up intervention during primary to secondary school transition phase (2015)
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Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., & See, B. (2015). Accelerated Reader as a literacy catch-up intervention during primary to secondary school transition phase. Educational Review, 68(2), 139-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2015.1067883

This paper describes an evaluation of an internet-based reading programme called Accelerated Reader (AR), which is widely used in UK schools and worldwide. AR is a whole-group reading management and monitoring programme that aims to stimulate the hab... Read More about Accelerated Reader as a literacy catch-up intervention during primary to secondary school transition phase.

An Evaluation of the ‘Switch-on Reading’ Literacy Catch-up Programme (2014)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2015). An Evaluation of the ‘Switch-on Reading’ Literacy Catch-up Programme. British Educational Research Journal, 41(4), 596-612. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3157

This paper is based on one of the first completed studies funded by the Educational Endowment Foundation (EEF). EEF was set up in response to repeated demands for clearer evidence on school improvement. The paper presents the results of an intensive... Read More about An Evaluation of the ‘Switch-on Reading’ Literacy Catch-up Programme.

Is a summer school programme a promising intervention in preparation for transition from primary to secondary school? (2014)
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Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., & See, B. (2014). Is a summer school programme a promising intervention in preparation for transition from primary to secondary school?. International Education Studies, 7(7), 125-135. https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v7n7p125

In England, some children have not reached what are considered to be expected levels in literacy and maths by the time they move from primary to secondary school. This is more likely for children living in disadvantaged areas. One proposal to address... Read More about Is a summer school programme a promising intervention in preparation for transition from primary to secondary school?.

Women's magazines in Asian and Middle Eastern countries (2014)
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Siddiqui, N. (2014). Women's magazines in Asian and Middle Eastern countries. South Asian Popular Culture, 12(1), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/14746689.2014.879423

This article provides an overarching view of research available in the field of women's magazines and popular media in Asian and Middle Eastern countries. One of the common themes of research is the influence of western media on the other cultural me... Read More about Women's magazines in Asian and Middle Eastern countries.

How stable are 'school effects' assessed by a value-added technique? (2013)
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Gorard, S., Hordosy, R., & Siddiqui, N. (2013). How stable are 'school effects' assessed by a value-added technique?. International Education Studies, 6(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v6n1p1

This paper re-considers the widespread use of value-added approaches to estimate school ‘effects’, and shows the results to be very unstable over time. The paper uses as an example the contextualised value-added scores of all secondary schools in Eng... Read More about How stable are 'school effects' assessed by a value-added technique?.