6. Does being at a single sex school have a positive or negative impact on examination performance?
Positive
Negative
7. Which of the following is not one of the Coalition government's five pillars for education?
increasing rigour of the curriculum
academies introduced
social services linked more closely to education
teachers as leaders (performance based pay)
schools should be self-improving
character and resilience of education - clearer links between ed and the labour market
8. What percentage of those eligible for FSM gained 5 A*-Cs and what percent of those non-eligible?
31 and 59
21 and 49
9. Who says that in quasi-markets 'providers have a freedom to act and to innovate in a way that other models do not allow, especially models that involve targets and performance management'?
Le Grand
Tilley
James
Marshall
10. When was OFSTED introduced?
1979
1992
1997
1988
11. When was the Standards in Scotland Schools Act, abolishing all self-governing status and raw-test scores, introduced?
1998
2000
1999
2001
12. Why is parental choice not as wide as thought?
all schools follow one curriculum
specialist schools cost extra
13. Who finds that in the 1960s and 1970s non-selective education did raise educational outcomes for the average and below average income child?
Hanushek
Glennerster and Low
Rutter et al.
14. What percent of their intake could GM specialist schools select on the basis of aptitude and ability?
25%
20%
10%
5%
15. Which of the following is not one of Taylor et al.'s steps in the development of school diversity?
neo-conservative increased marketization of schools 1980-1997
plurality of school provision 1944-1960s
introduction of free church schools
homogenization of provision 1960s-1980s
diversification under new labour
16. Who distinguishes between S-type (selection: cream-skimming) and E-type (efficiency improvement) competition?
Glennerster
Levacic
Mattei
17. Who found systematic and significant bias in teacher assessments compared with SATs, underestimating performance by Black Caribbean, Black African and Pakistani pupils?
Mattei
Burgess and Greaves
Glennerster and Low
18. When were City Technology Colleges introduced?
1986
1982
1988
1984
19. Who finds that competition between schools (5 or more perceived competitors) has a positive impact on examination results?
Glennerster
Levacic
Rutter
20. In 2007, what percentage of grammar school students were from the top quintile of the local area and what percent from the most deprived?