Differences in Test Score and in the Gaining of Selective Places for Scottish Children and Those in England and Wales

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ID5263670
AuthorsJ W B Douglas, James W Douglas (0000-0003-3804-1337, Medical Research Council), J M Ro, Jaime M Ross (0000-0002-3879-4817, Medical Research Council), M M Maxwell, S M M MAXWELL, Shane Maxwell (Education Scotland), D A Walker, Dara Walker (0000-0003-3905-1756, Education Scotland)
Year1966
Volume36
Issue2
Pages150-157
Publication date1966-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1966.tb01863.x
OpenAlexW2017966552
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The National Survey is a longitudinal study of 5,000 boys and girls born in 1946. In this paper the test scores and allocation to selective courses of children living in Scotland are compared with those in England and Wales. The Scottish pupils were superior to the English and Welsh in the tests of sentence completion and reading at 8 years, in arithmetic at 11 years and in mathematics at 15 years, whereas the English and Welsh were superior in tests of non-verbal intelligence at all three ages and in vocabulary and verbal intelligence at 11 years.It is suggested that the growing apart of the social classes in test results between 8 and 11 in England and Wales, which did not occur in Scotland, may arise from the pressure associated with secondary selection at 11+. Social inequalities in selection were found both North and South of the Border, being slightly greater in the South. The more generous provision of places in Scotland is demonstrated by the fact that the Scottish manual working class boy or girl at each level of ability was approximately as likely to embark on a selective course as a middle class pupil in the South

Developmental psychology · Girl · Linguistics · Pupil · Social class · Test (biology) · Vocabulary · Welsh · Woodcock · Early Childhood Education and Development · History · Psychology · School Choice and Performance

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