The study, Educating Difficult Adolescents, evaluated how funding has reduced shortcomings in the care system since 1998. It found the majority of children in care receive good education and study support.
The researchers, who came from three English universities, said the findings suggested the Care Matters green paper was too critical of education for looked-after children and that government statistics were "misleading and misunderstood".
However, they added that the measures in the Children and Young Persons Bill, which is enacting much of the government's Care Matters reforms, do not reflect this overly critical view of looked-after children's education. The Bill is currently being debated in Parliament.
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