Description: A monograph focussing on attainment at the end of secondary/high school education (and the interface with tertiary education). It combines re-analysis of secondary literature (including official statistics, institutional histories, interview data) and analysis of qualitative and quantitative primary research.
Brief description: Nigel Kettley is Lecturer in Social Science at the Institute of Continuing Education and Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK.
Review Quotes: "This is a timely and bold book detailing the findings of a mixed-methods, longitudinal study of differential educational attainment across three sixth-form colleges in England... [with] some interesting asides in the book... What makes this a fascinating work is the insight that it provides into the approach to educational research" --Educational Development