School league tables: what can they really tell us?

  1. Harvey Goldstein,
  2. George Leckie

Article first published online: 29 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2008.00289.x

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Significance

Significance

Volume 5, Issue 2, pages 67–69, June 2008

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Goldstein, H. and Leckie, G. (2008), School league tables: what can they really tell us?. Significance, 5: 67–69. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2008.00289.x

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  1. The Centre for Multilevel Modelling, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol.

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  1. Issue published online: 29 MAY 2008
  2. Article first published online: 29 MAY 2008

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School league tables are eagerly scanned by parents hoping to find the best school for their child, and by teachers hoping to see their school rise in the rankings. But do they tell parents what they need to know?Harvey Goldstein and George Leckie argue that league tables are not fit for that purpose, and say it is time that their publication should cease.

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