Educational inequalities are evident even before children start school. Those connected to disadvantage widen out as children progress through the education system and into the labour market. We document various forms of educational inequality. We then review available evidence for England about the impact of school-level policies on achievement and their potential for reducing the socio-economic gap. We discuss evaluation evidence under four main themes: school resources; market incentives; school autonomy; and pedagogical approaches.

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1 January 2012

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National Institute Economic Review 219, pp.R15-R25, 2012

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DOI: 10.1177/002795011221900103

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/national-institute-economic-review/article/abs/evaluation-of-english-education-policies/05D77949074C4FD7A224056DE21DEB4B

This Journal article is published under the centre's Education programme.