Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (6)

The role of iPIPS assessment in providing high quality value added information on school and system effectiveness within and between countries (2014)
Working Paper
Kardanova, E., Ivanova, A., Merrell, C., Hawker, D., & Tymms, P. (2014). The role of iPIPS assessment in providing high quality value added information on school and system effectiveness within and between countries

Despite the growing influence of international surveys of student achievements such as PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS on policy, there is currently no international baseline study of children’s development on starting school. As a result, nobody knows for su... Read More about The role of iPIPS assessment in providing high quality value added information on school and system effectiveness within and between countries.

Predictors of and Barriers to service use for children at risk of ADHD: Longitudinal study (2014)
Journal Article
Sayal, K., Mills, J., White, K., Merrell, C., & Tymms, P. (2015). Predictors of and Barriers to service use for children at risk of ADHD: Longitudinal study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 24(5), 545-552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0606-z

Many children with, or at risk of, ADHD do not receive healthcare services for their difficulties. This longitudinal study investigates barriers to and predictors of specialist health service use. This is a 5-year follow-up study of children who part... Read More about Predictors of and Barriers to service use for children at risk of ADHD: Longitudinal study.

The progress of pupils in their first school year across classes and educational systems (2014)
Journal Article
Tymms, P., Merrell, C., & Wildy, H. (2015). The progress of pupils in their first school year across classes and educational systems. British Educational Research Journal, 41(3), 365-380. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3156

Educational effectiveness research has identified school membership as being and important factor in relation to academic progress but it has also pointed to the importance of teachers. Additionally, districts have been shown to be of minor importanc... Read More about The progress of pupils in their first school year across classes and educational systems.

Performance Indicators in Primary Schools: A comparison of performance on entry to school and the progress made in the first year in England and four other jurisdictions: Research report (2014)
Report
Tymms, P., Merrell, C., Hawker, D., & Nicholson, F. (2014). Performance Indicators in Primary Schools: A comparison of performance on entry to school and the progress made in the first year in England and four other jurisdictions: Research report. [No known commissioning body]

This report looks at the cognitive and non-cognitive development of children starting school and their progress to the end of their first academic year.