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E-mail: steve.strand@warwick.ac.uk

Background

Steve is Professor of Education at the University of Warwick. He is Deputy Director of Research, Course Director for the MA in Educational Research Methods and teaches both Foundation and Advanced Quantitative Research Methods. Prior to joining Warwick in 2005, Steve was Senior Assessment Consultant at nferNelson (1998-2005), the UK’s leading educational test and assessment publisher. Prior to that Steve was Head of Research and Evaluation at Wandsworth Local Education Authority (1990-1998) and Head of Assessment and Evaluation at Croydon LEA (1988-1990) and in these roles was responsible for pioneering work on ‘value added’ analyses of school performance. He holds a first class BA Hons and PhD in Psychology. Steve has worked extensively with Government departments, Local Authorities and individual schools on the analysis of pupil data, school effectiveness and differential pupil progress.

Teaching

Deputy Director of Research; Course Director for the MA in Educational Research Methods; Module Leader for Advanced Quantitative Methods; Course Tutor for Foundation Research Methods; Guest Lectures for PGCE, MA Educational Leadership (Teach First) and BA Childhood, Education and Society.

A recent research award from the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods supported the construction of the Statistical Regression Methods in Educational Research (SRME) teaching resource. If you are interested in learning how to use methods such linear, logistic or ordinal regression then why not have a look at the website: http://www.restore.ac.uk/srme

Research Interests

Equity gaps in educational outcomes, particularly in relation to social class, ethnicity and gender; school effectiveness and school improvement; the impact of schooling on equity gaps.

Recent publications

Articles in Peer Reviewed International Journals (date order)

Strand, S. (2012). The White British-Black Caribbean achievement gap: Tests, tiers and teacher expectations. British Educational Research Journal, 38, (1), 75-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411926.2010.526702

Lindsay, G., Strand, S. & Davis, H. (2011). A comparison of three parenting programmes for parents of children with behavioural difficulties when implemented in a large scale effectiveness study in community settings: The Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinder (PEIP). BMC Public Health 2011,11:962. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-962

Strand, S. (2011). The limits of social class in explaining ethnic gaps in educational attainment. British Educational Research Journal, 37, (2), 197-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411920903540664

Strand, S. (2010). Do some schools narrow the gap? Differential school effectiveness by ethnicity, gender, poverty and prior attainment. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 21, (3), 289-314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09243451003732651

Strand, S. & Lindsay, G. (2009). Evidence of ethnic disproportionality in special education in an English population. Journal of Special Education, 43, (3), 174-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022466908320461 / pre-print

Medwell, J., Strand, S. & Wray, D. (2009). The links between handwriting and composing for Y6 children. Cambridge Journal of Education, 39, (3), 329-344. Link to journal article

Strand, S. & Winston, J (2008). Educational aspirations in inner city schools. Educational Studies, 34, (4), 249-267. Link to journal article / pre-print  

Lindsay, G., Dockrell, J. & Strand., S. (2007). Longitutinal patterns of behaviour problems in children with specific speech and language difficulties: Child and context factors. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 77, (4), 811-828. Link to journal article / pre-print 

Strand, S. & Demie, F. (2007). Pupil mobility, attainment and progress at secondary school. Educational Studies, 33, (3), 313-331. Link to journal article / pre-print 

Strand, S. (2007). Surveying the views of pupils attending supplementary schools. Educational Research, 49, (1), 1-19. Link to journal article / pre-print 

Deary, I., Strand, S., Smith, P., & Fernandes, C. (2007). Intelligence and educational achievement. Intelligence, 35, (1), 13-21. http://0-dx.doi.org.pugwash.lib.warwick.ac.uk/10.1016/j.intell.2006.02.001 /pre-print 

Medwell, J., Strand., S. & Wray, D. (2007). The role of handwriting in composing for Y2 children. Journal of Reading, Writing and Literacy, 2, (1), 11-21. pre-print

Strand, S., Deary, I., & Smith, P. (2006). Sex differences in cognitive ability test scores: A UK national picture. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76, (3), 463-480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/000709905X50906 / pre-print 

Demie, F. & Strand, S. (2006). English language acquisition and attainment in secondary schools. Educational Studies, 32, (2), 215-231. Link to journal article / pre-print 

Strand, S. & Demie, F. (2006). Pupil mobility, attainment and progress in primary school. British Educational Research Journal, 32, (4), 551-558. Link to journal article / pre-print 

Strand, S. (2006). Comparing the predictive validity of reasoning tests and national end of Key Stage 2 tests: Which tests are the best? British Educational Research Journal, 32, (2), 209-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411920600569073 / pre-print 

Strand, S. & Demie, F. (2005). English language acquisition and educational attainment at the end of primary school. Educational Studies, 31, (3), 275-291. Link to journal article / pdf 

Wright, I., Strand, S., & Wonders, S. (2005). Estimation of Premorbid General Cognitive Abilities in Children. Educational and Child Psychology, 22, (2), 100-107. pdf

Strand, S. (2004). Consistency in reasoning test scores over time. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, (4), 617-631. Link to journal article / pre-print 

Strand, S. (2002). Pupil mobility, attainment and progress during Key Stage 1: A study in cautious interpretation. British Educational Research Journal, 28, (1), 63-78. Link to journal article / pdf 

Schagen, I., Sainsbury, M., & Strand, S. (1999). Statistical aspects of Baseline assessment and its relationship to end of Key Stage one assessment. Oxford Review of Education, 25, (3), 359-367. pdf

Strand, S. (1999). Ethnic group, sex and economic disadvantage: Associations with pupils’ educational progress from Baseline to the end of Key Stage 1. British Educational Research Journal, 25, (2), 179-202. Link to journal article / pdf

Strand, S. (1999). Baseline assessment results at age 4: Associations with pupil background factors. Journal of Research in Reading, 22, (1), 14-26. pdf

Strand, S. (1998). A value added analysis of the 1996 primary school performance tables. Educational Research, 40, (2), 123-137. pdf

Strand, S. (1997). Pupil progress during Key Stage 1: A value added analysis of school effects. British Educational Research Journal, 23, (4), 471-487. pdf

Strand, S. (1997). Key performance indicators for primary school improvement. Educational Management and Administration, 25, (2), 145-153. pdf

Books and Book Chapters (date order)

Strand, S. (2010). Correlation and regression. In Hartas, D. (Ed). Educational research and inquiry: Qualitative and quantitative approaches. (p380-401). London: Continuum. pdf 

Strand, S. (2010). Disadvantage, ethnicity, gender and attainment. In Demie, F. & Lewis, K. (Eds). White working class achievement: A study of barriers to learning in schools (p11-32). Lambeth: Lambeth Children & Young People’s Service. pdf

Strand, S. (2008). Pupil Mobility. In McCulloch, G. & Crook, D. (Eds). Routledge International Encyclopaedia of Education. Abingdon: Routledge. pdf

Strand, S. (2006). The educational progress of African heritage pupils in Lambeth schools. In Demie, F., McLean, C., & Lewis, K. (2006) (Eds). The achievement of African heritage pupils: Good practice in Lambeth schools. Lambeth: Lambeth Children and Young People’s Service. (p24-44). pdf file

Strand, S. (2004). The use of effect sizes: Two examples from recent educational research. In Schagen, I. & Elliott, K. (Eds) (2004). But what does it mean? The use of effect sizes in educational research. Slough: National Foundation for Educational Research.

Strand, S. (2003). Getting the Best from CAT: A Practical Guide for Secondary Schools. London: nferNelson. ISBN 0-7087-0376-3. Order from http://shop.gl-assessment.co.uk/home.php?cat=441

Smith, P., Fernandes, C., & Strand, S. (2001). Cognitive Abilities Test Third Edition: Technical manual. Windsor: nferNelson.

Recent Externally Commissioned and Published reports

Lindsay, G. Strand, S., Cullen, M.A., Cullen, S., Band, S., Davis, H., Conlon, G., Barlow, J., & Evans, R. (2011). Parenting Early Intervention Programme evaluation: DFE-RR121A. London: DfE. (174pp). https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RR121A.pdf

Strand, S. (2010). Banging your head on the ceiling: Socio-economic factors and their relationship to differential attainment in Southwark primary schools. London: London Borough of Southwark. (65 pages). Final report.

Strand, S., De Coulon, A., Meschi, E., Vorhaus, J., Ivins, C., Small, L., Sood, A., Gervais, M.C. & Rehman, H. (2010). Drivers and challenges in raising the achievement of pupils from Bangladeshi, Somali and Turkish backgrounds (Research Report DCSF-RR226). London: Department for Children School and Families (212 pages). Available online at http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=publications&ProductId=DCSF-RR226& [accessed 13 April 2010].

Strand, S. (2008). Minority ethnic pupils in the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: Extension report on performance in public examinations at age 16. DCSF Research Report RR-029. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families. Available online at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR029.pdf. Full report (70 pages).

Strand, S. (2007). Minority ethnic pupils in the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England. DCSF Research Report RR-002. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families. Available online at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR002.pdf (128 pages).

Galloway, S., Stanley, J. & Strand, S. (2006). The Artist Teacher Scheme 2005/06: Practice & Prospects, National Evaluation Project. Corsham: National Society for Education in Art & Design (NSEAD). (85 pages).

Lindsay, G., Pather, S., & Strand, S. (2006). Special educational needs and ethnicity: Issues of over- and under-representation. DfES Research Report 757. Nottingham: Department for Education and Skills. Available online at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR757.pdf  (170 pages).

Strand, S. (2006). Identifying gifted students: An evaluation of the National Academy for Gifted & Talented Youth (NAGTY) procedure. Occasional Paper No 10. Warwick: NAGTY. pdf file

Recent peer-reviewed academic conference papers

Strand, S. (2011). School effects and equity in progress during primary school. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), Institute of Education, University of London, 6-8 September 2011.

Strand, S. (2011). Ethnic, gender and socio-economic gaps in achievement: The perils of ‘main effects’. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, USA, 8-12 April 2011.

Strand, S. (2011). School effects and equity gaps in educational attainment and progress at age 11. Paper presented at the International Congress on School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Limassol, Cyprus, 4-7 January 2011

Strand, S. (2010). Disadvantage, ethnicity, gender and educational attainment: the case of white working class pupils. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, University of Warwick, 1-4 September 2010.

Cadwallader, S. & Strand, S. (2010). Intelligence is more complicated than that! The implicit theories of intelligence of English adolescents identified as gifted and talented. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, University of Warwick, 1-4 September 2010.

Strand, S. (2010). The role of school quality and ethic composition in understanding the educational success of Bangladeshi pupils in England. Paper presented to the biennial conference of the EARLI Educational Effectiveness SIG, University of Leuven, Belgium, 25-27 August 2010.

Strand, S. (2010). Identifying the gaps: Race, sex, class and educational achievement at age 16. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Denver Convention Center, Denver, USA, 1-4 May 2010.

Strand, S. (2010). Pupil mobility and educational progress at secondary school: A national study. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Denver Convention Center, Denver, USA, 1-4 May 2010.

Strand, S. (2010). Minority ethnic status and resilience to deprivation: Understanding the success of Bangladeshi students in England. Paper presented to the International Congress on School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Kuala Lumpar, Malyasia, 5-8 January 2010

Strand, S. (2009). Race, sex, class and educational attainment at age 16: The case of white working class pupils. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, University of Manchester, Manchester, 2-5 September 2009.

Strand, S. (2009). Pupil mobility and progress in secondary school: Have we captured the effect accurately? Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, University of Manchester, Manchester, 2-5 September 2009.

Strand, S. (2009). The limits of social class in explaining ethnic gaps in educational attainment. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, 12-18 April 2009.

Strand, S. (2009). In school factors and the White British-Black Caribbean attainment gap. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, 12-18 April 2009.

Strand, S. (2009). Do some schools narrow the gap? Differential school effectiveness by ethnicity, gender, poverty and prior attainment. Paper presented to the International Congress on School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Vancouver, Canada, 4-7 January 2009.

Strand, S. (2008). It’s all about class isn’t it? I. Social class and ethnnic gaps in educational attainment. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 3-6 September 2008.

Strand, S. (2008). It’s all about class isn’t it? II. Tests, tiers and the unintended consequences of assessment. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 3-6 September 2008.

Medwell, J., Strand, S. & Wray, D. (2008). Handwriting and composition: Lessons from a study of 10-11 year old children. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 3-6 September 2008.

Strand, S., Lindsay, G. & Pather, S. (2007). The over and under-representation of minority ethnic pupils with special educational needs (SEN): A national report. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Institute of Education, University of London, 5-8 September 2007.

Lindsay, G., Strand, S. & Pather, S. (2007). The over-representation of black pupils with special educational needs: A new look. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Institute of Education, University of London, 5-8 September 2007.

Recent invited presentations

Strand, S. (2011). School effects and equity gaps in educational attainment and progress at age 11. Presentation to the Department for Education PLASC User Group (PLUG), Institute of Education, University of London, 6 April 2011

Strand, S. (2011). Making sense of statistics. Keynote to the London Educational Research Network (LERN) Masterclass in the Practical Use of Statistics, Islington Town Hall, 18 January 2011.

Strand, S. (2010). What national longitudinal studies tell us about equity and educational attainment. Keynote addresss to London Borough of Barnet Children’s Service Conference ‘Schools making a difference and changing lives’, 26 May 2010, London Borough of Barnet.

Strand, S. (2010). Narrowing the social class gap: Evaluating your school innovation. Nottinghamshire LA Narrowing the Gap Pilot Conference, 22 March 2010, Derbyshire hotel, Nottingham.

Strand, S. (2010). Using Local Authority data to model the association between socio-economic status, ethnicity and educational attainment. A BERA-LERN masterclass in research methods, 15 March 2010, Crowndale Centre, London.

Strand, S. (2010). Race, sex, class and educational attainment. Invited lecture to the School of Education, Queens University, Belfast, 29 January 2010.

Strand, S. (2010). Disadvantage, ethnicity, gender and attainment in Lambeth: the case of white working class pupils. Keynote address to Lambeth Children & Young Peoples’ Service National Conference ‘Raising the achievement of white working class pupils’, Friends House, Central London, 27 January 2010.

Strand, S. (2010). Race, gender, class and educational attainment: the case of white working class pupils. Keynote address to Harrow Children & Young Peoples’ Service, Narrowing the Gap Network Day, Harrow Teachers Centre, 22 January 2010.

Strand, S. (2009). The life-chances of disadvantaged white working class boys and girls: Progress to age 16. Keynote address to Buckinghamshire Childrens & Young People’s Service Senior Leaders, Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, 3 December 2009.

Strand, S. (2009). National research on pupil performance: What’s the evidence regarding factors effecting attainment gaps? Keynote address to ‘Planning for the future’, Southwark Local Authority Children’s Services Professional Development Day, Learning & Business Centre, Cator Street, Southwark, 16 October 2009.

Strand, S. (2009). Race, sex, class and educational attainment at age 16: The case of White Working Class pupils. Invited presentation to Birmingham LA Raising the Achievement of White Working Class Pupils Conference, National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, 21 September 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). Race, sex, class: What are the attainment gaps? Keynote address to the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) International Conference on Leadership for the 21st Century, National College for School Leadership, Nottingham, 15-16 June 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). Race, sex, class and attainment at age 16: Actually it’s more complicated than that. Keynote address to the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) International Conference on Narrowing the Attainment Gap, National College for School Leadership, Nottingham, 19-21 April 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). Social class, ethnicity, gender and attainment gaps. Invited presentation to the General Teaching Council for England Equalities Forum, 25th March 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). Why do we still have “IQ testing” in schools? Keynote presentation to the GL-assessment conference, Ramada Hotel, Manchester, 24th March 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). Social class, ethnicity and gender: Attainment gaps and the LSYPE. Lewisham Challenge Open Lecture Programme, Professional Development Centre, Lewisham, London 19th March 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). Pupil mobility, attainment and progress at school: What the research tells us. Keynote address to London Borough of Newham EMAG Conference, “Supporting the inclusion of all new arrivals”, Credon Centre, Newham, 18th March 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). Social class, ethnicity and gender: The attainment gaps. Keynote address to Inside Government Conference, Guoman Hotel, Westminster, 26th February 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). The attainment of black and minority ethnic groups. A research seminar for Suffolk County Council, Children & Young Peoples Services, County Hall, Ipswich, 29th January 2009 (invited).

Strand, S. (2009). The limits of social class in explaining ethnic gaps in educational attainment. Invited Keynote to the British Educational Research Association Race, Ethnicity and Education SIG, University of Southampton, School of Education, 19 January 2009.

Professional memberships

• Member of the Executive Council of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) (2000-2003);
• Member of the Editorial Boards of the British Educational Research Journal, Educational Review and Research Papers in Education;
• Chair of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) School Effectiveness and School Improvement SIG, 2010/11 (Programme Chair 2009/10, Treasurer 2011/12).

 

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