TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Emma
TI  - Analysing underachievement in schools
T2  - Empirical studies in education
SN  - 0826475655
AV  - LB1062.6 .S65 2005
U1  - 371.28 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Underachievement
KW  - Education and state
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index; 1; Introducing underachievement --; 2; Underachievement and national educational crisis accounts --; 3; Reconsidering the 'failing nation' debates --; 4; Failing boys and 'moral panics' --; 5; Reconsidering underachieving students --; 6; What is underachievement? --; 7; Measuring underachievement --; 8; Measuring low achievement --; 9; Understanding underachievement --; 10; So, what works? Strategies to close the achievement gap --; App. 1; Further details of research methods --; App. 2; Multiple regression model for identifying underachieving students --; App. 3; Profiles of students who were identified as underachieving
N2  - "Underachievement in school is one of the most widely used terms in education today. As a discourse it has been responsible for influencing government policy and staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES. It is also a subject which raises questions about what we expect from a fair and equitable education system. Analysing Underachievement in Schools provides a critical analysis of two sides of the underachievement debate, at each of the three levels of focus - international, the UK and the individual. On the one hand, it considers the 'crisis' account of falling standards and failing pupils and, on the other, presents an alternative which urges a re-evaluation of the underachievement debate in order to consider who might be underachieving and why."--BOOK JACKET
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