Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Progress in international reading literacy study (Pirls) 2013	IEA	Education theory	Boston College
Schooling for money: Swedish education reform and the role of the profit motive December 2010	Gabriel Sahlgren	Education theory	Institute of Economic Affairs
Can personality traits and intelligence compensate for background disadvantage? Predicting status attainment in adulthood November 2014	Dr Rodica Damian, Professor Rong Su, Dr Michael J. Shanahan, Professor Ulrich Trautwein and Professor Brent W. Roberts	Education theory	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Mind over matter November 2015	Louis Reynolds and Jonathan Birdwell	Education theory	Demos
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)
Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and wellbeing March 2016	Jo Inchley, Dorothy Currie, Taryn Young et al.	Education research International policy Mental health +6 more	World Health Organisation (WHO)
The link between academies in England, pupil outcomes and local patterns of socio-economic segregation between schools 2014	Professor Stephen Gorard	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +5 more	Durham University
Equations and inequalities: making mathematics accessible to all June 2016	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	International policy Literacy and numeracy Regional / location differences +4 more	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The ins and outs of selective secondary schools: a debate March 2015	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Civitas
The bell curve: intelligence and class structure in American life 1994	Doctor Richard Herrnstein and Doctor Charles Murray	Education theory Learning styles and cognitive development View all	The Free Press