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The Educational Progress of Children In and Out of Care
Dr Anthony Heath is an Official Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was a co-author of Origins and Destinations: Family, Class and Education in Modern Britain (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980) and has written extensively on the sociology of education.
Dr Matthew Colton is now Lecturer in Applied Social Studies, University College of Swansea. He recently published Dimensions of Substitute Child Care: A Comparative Study of Foster and Residential Care Practice (Aldershot, Avebury, 1988), and is a qualified social worker with considerable experience of work with children in care.
Dr Jane Aldgate is a Lecturer in Applied Social Studies and Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is co-editor of Direct Work With Children (London, Batsford, 1988) and has conducted several studies on children in care.
Dr Jane Aldgate, Department of Social and Administrative Studies, University of Oxford, Barnett House, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2ER.
Summary
Results are reported from the first of three rounds of testing associated with a longitudinal study comparing the educational progress and behaviour of a group of foster children with that of a ‘control’ group. The latter comprised youngsters who have never been in care but whose families have received social work help.
The educational attainment of both groups was generally found to fall below the national average. Both groups also manifested relatively high levels of behavioural problems, although such problems appeared more in evidence among the social services group.
Data which describe the current home environments of the two groups, and which may subsequently help to account for their respective levels of educational progress, are also presented.
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