- Title
- Socioeconomic segregation in UK (secondary) schools: are index measures still useful? (commentary)
- Creator
- Watts, Martin
- Relation
- Environment and Planning A Vol. 45, Issue 7, p. 1528-1535
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a46157
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Socioeconomic segregation within UK schools remains an important research topic given that schools with an overconcentration of pupils from disadvantaged families tend to have lower educational attainment which has a detrimental effect on pupils’ life chances (Coldron et al, 2010; Croxford and Paterson, 2006; Gorard, 2009). Debate continues about the measurement of segregation, with recent contributions from Allen and Vignoles (2007); Cheng and Gorard (2010), Gorard (2007; 2009; 2011), and Johnston and Jones (2010; 2011) about the choice of an aspatial index and Harris and Johnston (2008), Harris (2011; 2012), and earlier work by Gibson and Asthana (2000) who assess spatial measures.
- Subject
- socioeconomic segregation; secondary schools; segregation; UK
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1057269
- Identifier
- uon:16173
- Identifier
- ISSN:0308-518X
- Language
- eng
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