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I will read your linked documents more thoroughly, but it would seem that the stage is now set. Perhaps there is still potential for community hubs and extended school to bridge the gap.

“Dividing Students into Tracks increases Disparity, not Average Performance…

“Institutional Differentiation Means that Socio-Economic Background Matters More”

“Increased Reliance on Private Schools should be Approached Cautiously”

“Competitiveness in Educational Systems is connected with Personal Costs”

“Pre-Schooling is probably Beneficial for Later Academic Achievement”

“Differentiated Systems: Potentials in Better Teacher Support for Weak Students…
The majority of the countries with a particularly high degree of institutional differentiation in their educational systems are also countries in which students in PISA 2003 report a comparatively low level of individual support from their teachers.”

“Increased Instruction and Homework Time is not a Simple Solution”

“Education Systems Can Compensate for Different Socio-Economic Backgrounds” although it still “matters significantly for students’ academic performances.”

“Certain Types of Student Assessments may facilitate student performance… there is
a tendency for schools in which teacher-developed tests are applied more frequently
to perform better, at least in some countries” (NB “teacher-developed tests”). Recommendation: “Policy makers and authorities should distinguish between testing for accountability purposes and testing as a part of the learning process.”

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/45/35920726.pdf

This report was published in 2005 and was based on evidence from PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS – a deluge of data. OECD documents for 2010 say many of the same things. Mr Gove was Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from June 2007 to May 2010. He had ample time to study the above document even though it is 218 pages long. He says he wants his policies to be evidence based but ignores evidence that has been around for years.

To make the situtation worse, the Government is planning to judge schools on how many pupils they send to Oxbridge. This measure will again discriminate unfairly against secondary modern schools that still exist in Lincolnshire, Kent and other places where there are grammar schools. And how this measure is supposed to judge schools which have no sixth forms (again, like many in Lincolnshire) is unclear.

The Sutton Trust has branded the move as “extreme” and “unfair”, and the deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders says the measure will be misleading as it will largely reflect the socio-economic background of the pupils in a school.

http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6109263

A further problem with this measure if it is implemented is that schools will have an incentive to push pupils to apply for Oxbridge whether or not it is in their best interest.

Regarding context, do you know of a study that has factored-in impact to secondary modern schools operating in selective counties?

I agree with Melissa’s observation on selective schools having massive advantages, and can see why fair admissions are so important. But also, CVA has potential to reduce the ‘selective effect size’ if all factors aren’t included.

Statistical significance can be quite abstract if environmental interactions aren’t included, don’t you think?

However this is politics.

We constantly compare private schools with fees of £30,000 per annum to state schools with costs of £5,000 per annum, and ask why the state school is not able to give the same outcome as the private school. Even when the private school selects the top 5% of academic youngsters, who also have family wealth and advantage beyond the comprehension of most people.

The fact of the matter is that the people with wealth do not want their children mixing with the poor. Mr Gove knows this, but his policies dress this up in a different way which the middle classes can vote for.

Mr Gove wants a system which allows parents to be able to choose where their children will be, with others of similar wealth and values. If you cannot afford to pay for this then Mr Gove will give you a Free School where this happens. This is a vote winner, even though it is a philosophy of greed.

So all the arguments about fairness on this site are of no importance. Current education policy is about maintaining and encouraging privilege and class. Mr Gove is happy to allow us our fury over unfairness. It is not the poor that fund the government parties. Although repugnant to me, it is no surprise that governing elites want to maintain their position.