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Hallam, Susan; Parsons, Samantha – Research Papers in Education, 2013
The adoption of setting in the primary school (pupils ability grouped across classes for particular subjects) emerged during the 1990s as a means to raise standards. Recent research based on 8875 children in the Millennium Cohort Study showed that 25.8% of children in Year 2 were set for literacy and mathematics and a further 11.2% of children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ability Grouping, Incidence, Elementary School Students
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Hartas, Dimitra – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Using a UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined the unique and cumulative contribution of children's characteristics and attitudes to school, home learning environment and family's socio-economic background to children's language and literacy at the end of Key Stage 1 (age seven-years-old).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Student Attitudes
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Burger, Kaspar – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2012
Using data from a survey on cognitive proficiency levels of first graders in Switzerland (N = 1.830), this study analyzes (1) who has access to institutional childcare, (2) whether institutional childcare affects cognitive skills of children who differ in terms of socioeconomic status, home literacy, native country, and home language, and (3) how…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Mathematics Skills, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education