Research reports 2010

The Department of Education (DE) Research Report Series is designed to provide easy access to research findings for policy makers, researchers, teachers, lecturers, employers and the public.

Any views expressed in the Research Reports are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Department of Education.

This page lists Research Reports published in 2010.

Effective Pre-school Provision Northern Ireland (EPPNI) Pre-school experience and Key Stage 2 performance in English and mathematics  - Report Number 53 (PDF 1,830KB)

The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland (EPPNI) project is a longitudinal study that has investigated the development of children between the ages of 3 and 11 years.  This report  presents finding from the latest stage of the project and considers children’s educational attainment in English and mathematics at the end of primary school (age 11).  Children’s educational attainment in English and mathematics was derived from their national Key Stage 2 assessments. The project considered the child’s level of Key Stage 2 attainment in terms of the effects of child, family, home environment and preschool experience as well as the child’s ability at the start of primary school.

School Governors - The Guardians of Our Schools - Report number 54 (PDF 2,239KB)

PriceWaterhouseCoopers were commissioned in March 2010 to carry out a School Governors Research Project in the 2009/10 school year.  The researchers collected information through interviews with a number of stakeholders and a survey of governors. Key aims of the research were to assess if governors have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to discharge successfully their responsibilities, including those relating to equality; assess how representative school governors are of the community and to survey governors on the training and support available to them to discharge their responsibilities.

This page was last updated on 14th December 2010.