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Originally Posted by gunner  You cant just disregard a Link due to it not meeting your quality control standards!! |
That isn't a cunning comment! Of course quality control standards should be employed (indeed, best practice warrants reliance on published work that has gone through a peer refereeing process). Would you use a BNP site to learn about immigration effects? I hope not.
The Atkinson and Gregg stuff (which has been kicking about since 2004) isn't really a good one for you to use. First, it finds that
"overall there is little or no impact on attainment" (advertising the invalidity of your
"wrong, to judge a Grammar school is to judge “that” school by its performance in isolation" comment). Second, we have significant differences in the characteristics of student backgrounds. Thus, whilst they have 12% in non-grammar schools entitled to free school meals, its only 2% in grammar schools. The paper therefore confirms the consequences of inequality of opportunity (where 'poorer children in selective LEAs are only half as likely to attend a grammar school as other children with the same underlying ability')