Education and Skills - Seventh Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 September 2003.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Scope of the inquiry

English achievement?

PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY EDUCATION

Development of Government policy
"Education, education, education"

Labour's second term

POLICIES CONTRIBUTING TO PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT

Key Stage 3 Strategy
Education Action Zones

Excellence in Cities

Ethnic minorities achieving success

Personal Achievement

School intake and school achievement

ISSUES ARISING FROM THE EVIDENCE

Cycle of Deprivation

Parental aspiration

THE COMPLEX CULTURE AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF OUR SCHOOLS

Comparisons of academic achievement

African Caribbean heritage

Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000

Understanding the role of parents and the local communities

GENDER

How much can one school do?

Achievement and understaffing

English as an additional language

ISSUES ARISING FROM THE DATA

Measures of achievement
Value-added measures

Reaching the targets

CONCLUSION

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

FORMAL MINUTES

WITNESSES

LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE

REPORTS FROM THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS COMMITTEE SINCE 2001




MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Monday 10 March 2003
Monday 24 March 2003
Monday 7 April 2003
Wednesday 7 May 2003

WRITTEN EVIDENCE

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Prepared 15 October 2003