CES

Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Scotland: Promoting self-evaluation within and beyond the country, Journal of Education Policy (Forthcoming March 2009) (with Grek, S. and Shaik, F.)

Change over time in the context, outcomes and inequalities of secondary schooling in Scotland, 1985-2005, Scottish Government Social Research (forthcoming)

Baseline Assessment in Scotland, in T.G.K.Bryce and W.Humes (eds) Scottish Education, Third edition beyond devolution, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

How do schools in Scotland measure their own performance? AERS Research Briefing Paper 6, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh (with M.Cowie, A.Bragg, J.Burns, L.Santarossa, J.Stead, D.Taylor)

Tracking the progress of individual pupils, AERS Feedback to Schools 1 June 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds))

Evaluating data to identify issues, AERS Feedback to Schools 2 June 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds))

Formal accountability processes, AERS Feedback to Schools 3 June 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds))

Issues relating to the quality of data and analysis, AERS Feedback to Schools 4 October 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds))

Equity issues arising from the use of performance data, AERS Feedback to Schools 5 October 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds))

Exploring the Impact of Class Size on Standard Grade Performance in Scottish Schools: Report on the Pilot Study, Report to the SEED Class Sizes, Staffing and Resources Working Group. Scottish Executive.

Intelligent Accountability: Sound Bite or Sea-Change? CES Briefing No. 43 (with Cowie,M.)

Tough Intelligent Accountability in Scottish Secondary Schools and the Role of Standard Tables and Charts (STACs): A Critical Appraisal, Scottish Educational Review, 39(1), pp.29-50 (with Cowie,M. and Taylor,D.)

Young people’s experience of compulsory schooling in England and Scotland during two decades of educational reform, in Bhatti, G., Gaine, C., Gobbo, F. and Leeman, Y. (eds) Social Justice and Intercultural Education: An Open Ended Dialogue (Chapter 10) Trentham Books

Education Markets and Social Class Inequality: a comparison of trends in England, Wales and Scotland, in R.Teese, S.Lamb and M.Duru-Bellat (eds) International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Practice (Vol 3). Inequality: Educational Theory and Public Policy, Dordrecht: Springer (with Raffe,D.)

2006

Trends in social class segregation between schools in England, Wales and Scotland since 1984, Research Papers in Education, 21(4), pp.381-406 (with Paterson, L.)

Widening Participation at an Ancient Scottish University, Scottish Affairs, 56 (Summer 2006), pp.102-130 (with *Cree,V.E., *Halliwell,J., Iannelli,C., *Kendall,L. and *Winterstein,D.)

Measuring and Monitoring School Performance in Scotland, Education in the North. Number 3, pp.23-36 (with Cowie, M.)

The Youth Cohort Surveys - how good is the evidence? CES Briefing No 38, CES, University of Edinburgh

Education and Youth Transitions across Britain 1984-2002, CES Briefing No. 39, CES, University of Edinburgh (with Iannelli,C., Shapira,M., Howieson,C. and Raffe,D.)

Social-Class Inequalities in Education in England and Scotland, CES Briefing No. 40, CES, University of Edinburgh (with Raffe,D., Iannelli,C., Shapira,M. and Howieson,C.)

Gender and attitudes to work and family roles: the views of young people at the millenium, Gender and Education 17(2), pp.129-142 (with Tinklin, T., Ducklin, A. and Frame, B.)

Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs): Attainment of National Qualifications in the Scottish Pilots, Research Findings No. 25/2005, Edinburgh: SEELLD, ISBN 0-7559-3960-3 (with Ozga, J.)

Inclusion: A Gender Perspective, Policy Futures, 2(1) (with Tinklin, T, Ducklin, A and Frame, B)

Gender and pupil performance: where do the problems lie? Scottish Educational Review, 35 (2), pp135-147 (with T. Tinklin, B. Frame and A. Ducklin)

Participation in science, engineering and technology at school and in higher education, SSLS Special Report, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.

Scottish School Leavers Survey: Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training, SSLS Special Report, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive (with D.Raffe)

Scottish School Leavers Survey: Destinations of Early Leavers, SSLS Special Report No 4, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive (with C Howieson, J Fairgrieve and T Tinklin)

Literacy in the First Year of Schooling: a multilevel analysis, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 14 (2), pp.213-231 (with S. Sharp)

'Baseline Assessment' in Tom Bryce and Walter Humes (eds) Scottish Education, Second edition, (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press).

Chapter 15: The Effects of Poverty on Early Education - Findings from the Early intervention Programme in Scotland, U.Brown, G.Scott, G.Mooney and B.Duncan (eds) Poverty in Scotland 2002, Scottish Poverty Information Unit/Child Poverty Action Group, pp.144-150.

Why Comprehensive Schools work for Scotland's Youngsters, Scottish Education Journal, 86(2), April 2002, pp.12-13.

Scottish School Leavers Survey: Participation in Science, Engineering and Technology at School and in Higher Education, Report to the Scottish Executive, Edinburgh: CES.

Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs): Evaluation of the East Ayrshire Pilot, Research Findings No. 6/2002, Edinburgh: SEELLD - with Cathy Howieson, Cristina Iannelli and Jenny Ozga.

Educational Maintenance Allowances: Evaluation of the East Ayrshire Pilot, Report to the Scottish Executive, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive - with Cathy Howieson, Cristina Iannelli and Jenny Ozga.