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How finance-based interventions can improve attainment at school for disadvantaged students: A review of international evidence (2023)
Journal Article
See, B., Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., Hitt, L., el-Soufi, N., & Lu, B. (2023). How finance-based interventions can improve attainment at school for disadvantaged students: A review of international evidence. Educational Research and Evaluation, https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2023.2273540

The challenge of improving attainment in schools has been a longstanding issue, particularly in developing countries. This paper uses a structured review to examine the best causal evidence from research worldwide on the impact of various strategies,... Read More about How finance-based interventions can improve attainment at school for disadvantaged students: A review of international evidence.

Improving Attendance and Enrolment at School for Children Living in Poverty (2023)
Journal Article
See, B. H., Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., El Soufi, N., Hitt, L., & Lu, B. (2023). Improving Attendance and Enrolment at School for Children Living in Poverty. Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education, 1(1), 1-29

This paper summarises the findings of a large-scale structured review of 73 studies to iden-tify promising interventions to increase school enrolment and attendance, particularly in less developed countries where school... Read More about Improving Attendance and Enrolment at School for Children Living in Poverty.

The more selective, the more effective? The geographical difference of the effectiveness of selective education (2022)
Journal Article
Lu, B., & Siddiqui, N. (2022). The more selective, the more effective? The geographical difference of the effectiveness of selective education. Educational Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2022.2054960

The impact of academically selective schools on children’s learning achievement has received global attention for decades. Despite the persistence of early-age selection in many countries, evidence of its impacts is mixed. This study analysed nationa... Read More about The more selective, the more effective? The geographical difference of the effectiveness of selective education.

Is technology always helpful?: A critical review of the impact on learning outcomes of education technology in supporting formative assessment in schools (2021)
Journal Article
See, B. H., Gorard, S., Lu, B., Dong, L., & Siddiqui, N. (2022). Is technology always helpful?: A critical review of the impact on learning outcomes of education technology in supporting formative assessment in schools. Research Papers in Education, 37(6), 1064-1096. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2021.1907778

While education technology has been widely used in classrooms, and considerable investments have been made to support its use in the UK, the evidence base for many such rapidly changing technologies is weak, and their efficacy is unclear. The aim of... Read More about Is technology always helpful?: A critical review of the impact on learning outcomes of education technology in supporting formative assessment in schools.

How can we evaluate the effectiveness of grammar schools in England? A regression discontinuity approach (2019)
Journal Article
Lu, B. (2019). How can we evaluate the effectiveness of grammar schools in England? A regression discontinuity approach. British Educational Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3581

Previous research evaluating grammar school effectiveness has generally relied on snapshot or longitudinal regression models to deal with pre‐existing differences between grammar school pupils and those in non‐selective schools. These passive designs... Read More about How can we evaluate the effectiveness of grammar schools in England? A regression discontinuity approach.

Selection on attainment? Local authorities, pupil backgrounds, attainment and grammar school opportunities (2018)
Journal Article
Lu, B. (2020). Selection on attainment? Local authorities, pupil backgrounds, attainment and grammar school opportunities. Educational Review, 72(1), 68-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2018.1483893

This paper uses the National Pupil Database to explore how grammar school opportunities vary among pupil groups, and how grammar school opportunities correlate with the Local Authorities (LAs), pupil backgrounds and attainment. The results show that... Read More about Selection on attainment? Local authorities, pupil backgrounds, attainment and grammar school opportunities.