Author: Maria Evangelou, Kathy Sylva, Anne Edwards and Teresa Smith
Year: 2008
Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families
It is now accepted that the link between disadvantage and achievement is cumulative: when poorer children enter primary school, despite early indications of potential, they tend to fall behind (Feinstein, 2003, 2004). Consequently, the chances of breaking cycles of poverty and deprivation are considerably reduced as children get older.
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http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR039.pdf
