Gibbons, Stephen ORCID: 0000-0002-2871-8562 and Telhaj, Shqiponja
(2008)
Peers and achievement in England's secondary schools.
SERC Discussion paper (SERCDP0001).
Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.
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Abstract
The belief that children thrive if educated amongst higher-achieving schoolmates guides many parents in their choice of school. We extend the literature on this issue by considering children making the transition from primary to secondary schooling at age-11 in England. We use year-to-year changes in school composition to identify the impact of schoolmates on pupil progress at age 14. Traditional "linear-in-means" specifications lead us to conclude that prior achievements of a child's schoolmates are, on average, unrelated to his/her academic progress. However, this masks evidence that lower achieving pupils are disadvantaged by higher achieving schoolmates, whereas upper-middle ranking pupils benefit.
Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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Official URL: | http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/ |
Additional Information: | © 2008 The Authors |
Divisions: | Geography & Environment Spatial Economics Research Centre Centre for Economic Performance |
Subjects: | University Structure > Language Centre |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2010 11:46 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 11:47 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30854 |
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