Rationing Education: Policy, Practice, Reform and Equity

摘要: Recent educational reforms in the United Kingdom (UK) have raised standards of achievement, but also resulted growing inequalities based on gender, race and social class. School by school league tables play a central role reforms. These created an A to C economy where schools teachers are judged proportion students attaining five or more grades at levels C. To satisfy these demands embracing new ever selective attempts identify ability. This book reports detailed research two secondary showing real costs reform terms pressures rationing opportunity. publication contains following chapters: Education equity; Reforming education: policy practice; Ability economy: defining 'ability' A-to-C economy; Selection 11-14: fast groups, 'left-over' mixed ability subject options process; 14-16: sets, tiers, hidden ceilings floors; Educational triage D-to-C conversion: suitable cases for treatment?; Pupils' experiences perspectives: living with education; Conclusions: education.