The Relationship between A-Level Subject Choice and League Table Score of University Attended: The "Facilitating", The "Less Suitable", and The Counter-Intuitive

Autor/in	Dilnot, Catherine
Titel	The Relationship between A-Level Subject Choice and League Table Score of University Attended: The "Facilitating", The "Less Suitable", and The Counter-Intuitive
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 44 (2018) 1, S.118-137 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dilnot, Catherine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2018.1409976
Schlagwörter	Taxonomy; College Entrance Examinations; Exit Examinations; High School Graduates; Scores; Course Selection (Students); Institutional Characteristics; Cohort Analysis; School Statistics; Student Records; Educational Attainment; Socioeconomic Background; Gender Differences; College Applicants; Performance Factors; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Observation; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Taxonomie; Aufnahmeprüfung; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Kohortenanalyse; Schülerakte; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sozioökonomische Lage; Geschlechterkonflikt; College applications; Studienbewerber; Leistungsindikator; Korrelation; Ausland; Beobachtung
Abstract	English students from less privileged backgrounds and state, rather than private, schools remain significantly under-represented at high-status universities. There has been little work to date on the role of A-level subject choice, as opposed to attainment, in access to university. Using linked administrative data for three recent cohorts of English entrants to UK universities, I examine the relationship between league table score of university attended and A-level subject choices, using a taxonomy of A-levels categorised according to their published efficacy for Russell Group university admission as "facilitating, useful", or "less suitable". I further examine the relationship of three "less suitable" A-levels with league table score of university for related degree courses commonly leading to professional business careers (accountancy, business, and law). Holding more facilitating A-levels is associated with attending a higher ranked university overall, even controlling for degree subject, and the converse is true for "less suitable" subjects. The heterogeneous relationships of professionally-related A-level subjects with university ranking make decision-making for aspirational 16-year-olds problematic: an apparently sensible subject choice for students wishing to prepare for a professional career may, in fact, put them at a disadvantage. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01