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The Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project
| Funded by: |
Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Welsh Assembly Government |
| Duration: |
2003-2008 |
| Published: |
September 2009 |
| Conducted by: |
Institute of Education, London click here for research team |
The DISS project is the largest study of school support staff carried out in the UK and, we are quite certain, the world.
It tracked changes over a key period (2003-08), following the implementation of the workforce remodelling reforms in England and Wales.
The DISS project provides an accurate, systematic and representative description of the types of support staff and their characteristics
and deployment in schools, and how these changed over time.
It is the first longitudinal study to analyse the impact of support staff - in particular, Teaching Assistants - on teachers, teaching and pupil learning, behaviour and academic progress in everyday school settings.
The findings have important implications for teaching, school management and the education of pupils with SEN.
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