Professor Steve Strand

Steve Strand

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University of Warwick
Coventry
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Email: steve.strand@warwick.ac.uk
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RESEARCH PROFILE


Equity issues in relation to pupil progress, in particular ethnicity, social class and gender; school effectiveness and school improvement; the use of data to support teaching & learning; educational assessment and testing

RESEARCH GROUPS

BACKGROUND


Steve is Professor of Education, Deputy Director of Research, Course Leader for MA in Educational Research Methods, and teaches foundation and advanced quantitative research methods. Before joining Warwick in April 2005, Steve was Senior Assessment Consultant at nferNelson, the UKs leading educational test and assessment publisher (1998-2005). 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 (1982) and PhD (1989) 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.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS


  • Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) Cost-Effectiveness Research Programme, with Professor Geoffrey A Lindsay, CEDAR, - - - - Dr Steve Strand - Institute of Education - University of Warwick - University of Warwick - University of Warwick, Funded by: Department for Children, Schools and Families, Project Start Date: 01/09/2009 Project End Date: 31/08/2014
  • DfE tender: Evaluation of Universal Parenting classes, with Professor Geoff A Lindsay, CEDAR, Dr Stephen M Cullen - CEDAR Dr Ioanna Bakopoulou - CEDAR - Mrs Mairi Ann Cullen - CEDAR Professor Steve Strand - CEDAR Prof Jane Barlow - Mental Health & Wellbeing, Funded by: Department for Education, Project Start Date: 01/04/2012 Project End Date: 31/03/2014

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Strand, S.(2011) 'The limits of social class in explaining ethnic gaps in educational attainment' British Educational Research Journal 37 (2), 197 - 229 (0141-1926) [article]
  • Strand, S.(2010) 'Do some schools narrow the gap? Differential school effectiveness by ethnicity, gender, poverty and prior achievement' School Effectiveness And School Improvement 21 (3), 289 - 314 (0924-3453) [article]
  • Strand, S. and Lindsay, G.(2009) 'Evidence of ethnic disproportionality in special education in an English population ' Journal of Special Education 43 (3), 174 - 190 (0022-4669) [article]
  • Medwell, J., Strand, S. and Wray, D.(2009) 'The links between handwriting and composing for Y6 children' Cambridge Journal Of Education 39 (3), 329 - 344 (0305-764X) [article]
  • Strand, S. and Winston, J.(2008) 'Educational aspirations in inner city schools' Educational Studies 34 (4), 249 - 267 (0013-1946) [article]

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