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Click the headings to visit useful websites and read research connected to our work at the Institute of Education and the world of school support staff
• Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education - home to the School Support Staff.net team
• The DISS project findings have featured in two recent high profile UK studies:
Lamb Inquiry, 2009
Click here for the final report on the Government inquiry into parental confidence in the statementing system for pupils with SEN
Click here for the Government's implementation plan in response to the Lamb Inquiry final report, published February 2010, 'Improving parental confidence in the special educational needs system'
Cambridge Primary Review, 2006-2009
Click here for 'Research Survey 6/4: Primary Workforce Management and Reform', by Hilary Burgess (2008)
• Other key research on the impact of school support staff:
The impact of adult support staff on pupils and mainstream schools
Click here for details of a systematic review of research evidence, by Alison Alborz et al (2009)
Paraprofessional support for pupils with disabilities in the USA
Click here for details of the work of Michael Giangreco and colleagues at the University of Vermont, USA
• Other research projects that members of the team have been involved with:
Class Size project (CSPAR), 1996-2004
This project offered an integrated account of class size effects, linking class size, classroom processes and academic attainment
Group Work project (SPRinG), 2000-2005
A survey of the nature and use of grouping practices in primary and secondary school classrooms, funded by the ESRC
Breaktime project, 2005-2006
An independent national survey of break and lunch times in primary and secondary schools, funded by the Nuffield Foundation
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