Middle Attainers and 14-19 Progression in England: Half-Served by New Labour and Now Overlooked by the Coalition?

Autor/inn/en	Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken
Titel	Middle Attainers and 14-19 Progression in England: Half-Served by New Labour and Now Overlooked by the Coalition?
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 40 (2014) 3, S.467-482 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1002/berj.3091
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Longitudinal Studies; Adolescents; Educational Policy; Politics of Education; Academic Achievement; Student Participation; Academic Persistence; Educational Practices; Student Needs; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy; Schulleistung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	In the context of the international problem of "early school leaving", this paper explores the issue of sustained participation in upper secondary education in England. It focuses in particular on the position of middle attainers, who constitute a large proportion of the cohort and whose progress will be vital in realising the government's goal of "Raising the Participation Age" to 18 by 2015. The paper draws on evidence from national research undertaken as part of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training in England and Wales and analysis of New Labour and Coalition policy between 2000-2012. It uses a three-year local study of 2400 14- and 16-year-olds in an established school/college consortium to illustrate the effects of policy and practice on middle attainers. We argue that this important group of young people was 'half-served' by New Labour, because of its incomplete and contradictory 14-19 reforms, and is now being "overlooked" by Coalition policy because of its emphasis on high attainers. We conclude by suggesting a range of measures to support the 14+ participation, progression and transition of middle attainers in the English education and training system. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10