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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Developing great teaching: lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development. 2015	Phillipa Cordingley, et al	Education research International policy Professional development +2 more	Teacher Development Trust (TDT)
Teacher professional learning and development: best evidence synthesis iteration December 2005	Professor Helen Timperley, Dr Aaron Wilson, Heather Barrar and Irene Fung	Education research International policy Professional development +4 more	New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)
The pupil premium: how schools are spending the funding successfully to maximise achievement February 2013	Ofsted	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Ofsted
Divergent pathways: the disadvantage gap, accountability and the pupil premium July 2016	Jo Hutchison, Sir John Dunford and Mike Treadway	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Education Policy Institute
School leadership and student outcomes: identifying what works and why; best evidence synthesis iteration April 2015	Professor Viviane Robinson, Professor Margie Hohepa and Claire Lloyd	International policy Leadership and governance View all	Ministry of Education (New Zealand)
What is effective schooling? A review of current thought and practice May 2013	Professor Jaap Scheerens	System improvement and collaboration View all	International Baccalaureate Organisation
What we have learned about class size reduction in California September 2002	Dr George W. Bohrnstedt and Brian Strecher	Education policy International policy View all	American Institutes of Research
Careers education: international literature review July 2016	Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Dr Anthony Mann, Dr Sally-Anne Barnes, Beate Baldauf and Rachael McKeown	Careers education View all	Warwick University - Institute for Employment Research
Evaluation of the impact and implementation of Inspire Maths January 2015	Dr James Hall, Ariel Lindorff and Professor Pam Sammons	Curriculum/subject related International policy Literacy and numeracy +4 more	Oxford University Press
Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes December 2016	Professor Stephen Gorard and Doctor Nadia Siddiqui	Education policy Education research Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Durham University
Examining the impact of later high school start times on the health and academic performance of high school students: a multi-site study February 2014	Doctor Kyla Wahlstrom, et al	Behaviour Parental / community engagement Pastoral care and wellbeing +3 more	University of Minnesota - Center for Applied Research and Educational Development
This time, with feeling: integrating social and emotional development and college- and career-readiness standards March 2017	Doctor Hillary Johnson and Ross Wiener	Behaviour Character and non-cognitive development Pastoral care and wellbeing +4 more	Aspen Institute
The effect of prequestions on learning from video presentations 2016	Doctor Shana K. Carpenter and Alexander R. Toftness	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development View all	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Principled assessment design July 2014	Professor Dylan Wiliam	Assessment View all	SSAT
The current state of scientific knowledge on pre-kindergarten effects April 2017	Pre-Kindergarten Task Force	Early years and foundation stage View all	Brookings, Duke Center of Child and Family Policy
The impact of a professional development program on teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching, instruction, and student achievement January 2017	Robin Jacob, Heather Hill and Doug Corey	Science/(STEM) Teacher CPD View all	Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
Disadvantage, behaviour and cognitive outcomes: longitudinal analysis from age 5 to 16 March 2017	Haroon Chowdry and Tom McBride	Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility View all	Early Intervention Foundation
The impact of academies on educational outcomes July 2017	Jon Andrews, et al	Schools, teaching and management UK policy View all	Education Policy Institute
The Trials of Evidence Based Education August 2017	Professor Stephen Gorard, Dr Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui	Education research	Routledge
Do parental involvement interventions increase attainment? A review of the evidence. 2013	Professor Stephen Gorard, Doctor Beng Huat See	Performance and accountability	Nuffield Foundation

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