'Closing the Gap': The Conditions under Which Children in Care Are Most Likely to Catch Up in Mainstream Schools

Autor/inn/en	Sinclair, Ian; Fletcher, John; O'Higgins, Aoife; Luke, Nikki; Thomas, Sally
Titel	'Closing the Gap': The Conditions under Which Children in Care Are Most Likely to Catch Up in Mainstream Schools
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 48 (2022) 2, S.252-269 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2021.1967118
Schlagwörter	Child Welfare; Foster Care; At Risk Students; Disadvantaged Youth; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Achievement Gains; Academic Achievement; Low Income Students; Low Achievement; Behavior Problems; Emotional Problems; Elementary School Students; Mainstreaming; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Students with Disabilities; Attendance; United Kingdom (England); Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Pflegehilfe; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Schulleistung; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Anwesenheit
Abstract	Children 'in care' have, on average, lower educational attainment than their peers. This article tests the hypothesis that many of these children can 'catch-up', if in stable placements and secondary schools 'apparently effective' with other children with 'similar' difficulties. In a cohort of 542,998 16-year-old English children in mainstream schools, those in care for at least a year were on average 148,465 ranks behind their peers on measured attainment at age 7. At age 16, 21% of this group had 'caught up' improving their ranking by at least this amount. Allowing for covariates, we found that schools were differentially effective for disadvantaged pupil groups defined by eligibility for free school meals at age 7, in the bottom 3 deciles of attainment at entry to secondary school, or deemed 'in need' or as having behavioural, emotional or social difficulties. As predicted, the conditions for children in care catching up related to placement stability and measures of their school's apparent impact on these disadvantaged groups. In the 'worst' conditions 4% caught up as against 52% in the 'best'. The results support the hypotheses that best practice can reduce the educational gaps between children in care, other low attaining groups and their peers. (As Provided).
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