Summary information
Study title
Sample of GCSE Examination Results for Pupils from London Schools, 1990
Creator
Goldstein, H., University of London, Institute of Education, Screening and Special Educational Provision in Schools Project
Study number / PID
4043 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-4043-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The aim of this research was to determine to what extent GCSE examination results differ between schools. The data were collected from 65 schools in six inner London education authorities in 1990, and were analysed using multilevel value added analysis.
Some teaching materials using these data have been developed. Details are available at the following website:
<a href=http://tramss.data-archive.ac.uk> http://tramss.data-archive.ac.uk</a> .
Main Topics:
The variables recorded are:
GCSE examination scores for English and mathematics;
a combined examination score from all subjects;
pupil and school identifiers (numerical only);
school gender (mixed, boys or girls school);
pupil gender;
continuous intake measure of reading ability;
categorical intake measure of verbal reasoning ability.
percentage of children in a school on free school meals, an indicator for social deprivation.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1990
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
with intake measures
Analysis unit
Individuals
Institutions/organisations
Subnational
Pupils
Schools
Universe
Schools, and pupils from those schools who sat GCSE examinations, in inner London in 1990.
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Educational measurements
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1999
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- Yang, M., Rasbash, J., Pan, H., Goldstein, H., Nuttall, D. and Woodhouse, G. (1993) 'A multilevel analysis of school examination results', Oxford Review of Education, 425-433