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Figure 2.2: The impact of child, family and HLE characteristics on Mathematics attainment at Year 5

compared to Year 1___________________________________________________

Mathematics: Effect Sizes - Year 5 compared to Year 1

Effect is now ... Description

Gender Birth weight Ethnic groups	reversed weaker pattern changed	Boys show higher attainment than girls now. Effect of birth weight has decreased. Some minority groups have fallen further behind, Indians have strongly increased.
Early health problems	slightly weaker	Effect of early health problems has slightly decreased.
Need of EAL support	same	Children who don ’t need EAL support have still higher scores than those with need.
Developmental problems	slightly weaker	Effect of early developmental problems has slightly decreased.
Parents qualification	stronger	Children of less well educated parents have fallen further behind.
SES	slightly weaker	Gap between children of families with different SES has slightly decreased.
FSM	slightly stronger	Gap between children eligible for FSM and not eligible for FSM has slightly increased.
Early years HLE	slightly weaker	The Early Years HLE still shows a strong positive effect on attainment, but slightly

weaker than at Year 1.

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