Authors: Clare Tagg (Tagg Oram Partnership, www.taggoram.co.uk), Somia Nasim and Peter Goff (The Qualifications & Curriculum Development Agency, www.qcda.org.uk)

REFERENCES

REFORM OF 14-19 EDUCATION
DCSF (2005) 14-19 Education and Skills White paper.
DCSF (2005) 14-19 Reform implementation plan
DCSF (2007) The childrens plan
DCSF (2007) Raising the participation age in education and training to 18
DCSF (2008) Delivering 14-19 Reform Next Steps
DCSF (2008) Promoting achievement, valuing success a strategy for 14-19 qualifications

These papers are all available from http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/. Note: The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) was one of two departments that replaced the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in June 2007.

EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY
Greenhalgh, T. (2004), How do policymakers use evidence – what's the evidence? bmj. p1-3

Lee, J. (2004), Is Evidence-Based Government Possible?, Cabinet Office,

Marston, G. and Watts, R (2003) Tampering with the evidence: A critical appraisal of evidence-based policy making

Mulgan, G. (2003) Government, knowledge and the business of policy making

Sanderson, I (2002), Evaluation, Policy Learning and Evidence-Based Policy Making, Public Administration, Vol 80, No. 1, pp1-22

Solesbury, W. (2001), Evidence Based Policy: Whence it Came and Where it's Going, ESRC UK Centre for Evidence Based Policy and Practice, University of London, pp1-10p

USE OF NVIVO
Bazeley, P. (2007) Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo, Sage: London.

Lewins, A. & Silver, C. (2007) Using Software in Qualitative Research. Sage: London.

Richards, L. (2005) Handling Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide, Sage: London.