Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): The effectiveness of primary schools in England in key stage 2 for 2002, 2003 and 2004

Authors

Edward Melhuish, University of WollongongFollow
Helena Romaniuk, University of London
Pam Sammons, University of Nottingham
Kathy Sylva, University of Oxford
Iram Siraj-Blatchford, University of WollongongFollow
Brenda Taggart, University of London

RIS ID

103030

Publication Details

Melhuish, E., Romaniuk, H., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I. & Taggart, B. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): The effectiveness of primary schools in England in key stage 2 for 2002, 2003 and 2004. Nottingham, United Kingdom: Department for Education and Skills.

Abstract

This research brief reports the results of value added multilevel models to investigate pupil progress during Key Stage 2, controlling for prior attainment and other background factors, for all schools in England over a three year period (2002-4). These models build upon existing work on school effectiveness undertaken by DfES/Ofsted and others by incorporating further area-level variables, examining gender by ethnicity interactions and exploring differential effectiveness of primary schools for pupils with different levels of ability. The work is part of the wider Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) project which is studying the development and attainment of 2500 plus young children from age 3 to the end of Key Stage 2.