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    Protecting the development of 5–11-year-olds from the impacts of early disadvantage: the role of primary school academic effectiveness

    Sammons, P. and Hall, J.E. and Sylva, K. and Melhuish, Edward C. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart, B. (2013) Protecting the development of 5–11-year-olds from the impacts of early disadvantage: the role of primary school academic effectiveness. School Effectiveness and School Improvement 24 (2), pp. 251-268. ISSN 0924-3453.

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    Abstract

    Whether or not more effective schools can successfully mitigate the impacts of early disadvantage upon educational attainment remains uncertain. We investigated 2,664 children aged 6–11 years and measured their academic skills in English and maths along with self-regulation at 6, 7, and 11. Experiencing multiple disadvantages before age 5 strongly impaired later self-regulation and academic attainment. However, attending a more academically effective primary school for just a single year was found to partially protect all outcomes at age 6. In addition, more academically effective primary schools significantly lessened the extent to which earlier abilities in reading, writing, and self-regulation predicted these same abilities at age 11. Thus, although attending a more academically effective primary school does not eliminate the adverse impacts of multiple disadvantage experienced at a younger age, it can mitigate them by promoting better academic attainment and self-regulation up to age 11 for children who had experienced more disadvantages.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): multiple disadvantage, protection, academic attainment, self-regulation, primary school
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Research Centres and Institutes: Children, Families and Social Issues, Institute for the Study of (Closed)
    Depositing User: Administrator
    Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2013 11:14
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:05
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/7476

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