Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
The introduction of Academy schools to England’s education August 2015	Andrew Eyles and Professor Stephen Machin	UK policy	Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Understanding the improved performance of disadvantaged pupils in London September 2015	Dr Jo Blanden, Ellen Greaves and Professor Paul Gregg	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility	Council for Advancement and Support in Education (CASE) and London School of Economics (LSE)
Lessons from London schools June 2014	Dr Sam Baars, Eleanor Bernardes and Dr Alex Elwick	Education theory	Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust) and Centre for London with LKMco
Ensuring fair and reliable measures of effective teaching January 2013	Dr Steven Cantrell and Dr Thomas Kane	Education theory	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The three-ring conception of giftedness: a developmental model for promoting creative productivity May 2005	Dr Joseph S. Renzulli	Education theory	Cambridge University Press
The science of learning September 2015	Professor Dan Willingham and Paul Bruno	Education theory	Deans for Impact
Why textbooks count 2014	Tim Oates	Education theory	Cambridge Assessment
Critical links: learning in the arts and student academic and social development 2002	Richard J. Deasy	Education theory	United States Department of Education
Real Finnish lessons: the true story of an education superpower 2015	Gabriel Sahlgren	Education theory	Centre for Policy Studies
Assessment: the silent killer of learning 2014	Professor Eric Mazur	Education theory	Oxford Education Press
Literacy and numeracy catch-up strategies 2012	Department for Education	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
What works for gifted and talented pupils 2003	Dr Felicity Fletcher-Campbell, Kate Ridley and Kerensa White	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Local Government Association (LGA)
Independent review of the teaching of early reading 2006	Sir Jim Rose	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
PISA in practice: tackling low performance in maths; additional analysis of Pisa in England 2015	Bethan Burge and Juliet Sizmur	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The early catastrophe: the 30 million word gap by age 3 2003	Professor Betty Hart and Dr Todd Risley	Education theory	American Educator
What works for children and young people with literacy difficulties? The Effectiveness of Intervention Schemes 2013	Professor Greg Brooks	Education theory	Dyslexia-SpLD Trust
Learning styles concepts and evidence 2008	Dr Harold Pashier, Mark McDaniel and Dr Doug Rohrer	Education theory	Psychological Science
Students, computers and learning: making the connection 2015	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Why education experts resist effective practices (and what it would take to make education more like medicine) 2000	Professor Douglas Carnine	Education theory	Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
School partnerships and co-operation 2013	Graham Stuart MP	Education theory	House of Commons - Education Select Committee

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