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O'Hanlon, Fiona; Paterson, Lindsay; McLeod, Wilson – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
The curricular attainment of pupils in Gaelic-medium primary education in Scotland is investigated using surveys of Gaelic-medium and English-medium pupils in the fifth and seventh years of primary school (approximately 9 and 11 years of age) in 2007. The Gaelic-medium survey was essentially a census of pupils. The English-medium survey was a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Language of Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Paterson, Lindsay; Iannelli, Cristina – Sociology of Education, 2007
This article examines variations among England, Wales, and Scotland in the association between social origin and educational attainment and the role that different national educational policies may have played in shaping these variations. The findings show that country variation in the association between origins and attainment was mostly or…
Descriptors: Social Class, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
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Croxford, Linda; Paterson, Lindsay – Research Papers in Education, 2006
The article describes trends in social class segregation between British secondary schools from 1984 to 1999, and includes "home international" comparisons of trends in England, Wales and Scotland. The analysis is based on comparable youth cohort datasets: the England and Wales Youth Cohort Study and the Scottish School Leavers' Survey.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Secondary Schools, Employment Level