Academic Selection and the Transfer Test

Stephen Roulston; Matt Milliken

Academic Selection and the Transfer Test

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This paper will examine the transfer testing that is still in operation across most of Northern Ireland (NI). This selection process is used to determine whether 11-year-old children attend either a non-selective post-primary school or a selective grammar school. Despite both kinds of schools delivering an identical curriculum and preparing learners for the same high-stakes examinations, one set of schools is perceived as being more academic than the other. We look at the background to this structural division and the impact of a selective system on young people and on wider society in NI.

Original language	English
Publisher	Integrated Education Fund
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 23 Mar 2021

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Milliken, M. (Speaker)
27 Mar 2021
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Northern Ireland Assembly Official Report (Hansard)
Roulston, S. & Milliken, M., 26 Apr 2021, 20 p. Belfast : NI Assembly.
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Academic Selection and the Transfer Test

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