Education and Skills Committee

1. Decision to take agenda items in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 3 and 4 in private. The Committee will also decide whether to take future reviews of the evidence on its Attainment and Achievement of School Aged Children Experiencing Poverty inquiry in private. 2. Attainment and Achievement of School Aged Children Experiencing Poverty: The Committee will hear evidence on its inquiry from— John Dickie, Director, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland; Kevin Lowden, Research Officer, Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change; Danielle Mason, Head of Research, Education Endowment Foundation; Dr Jim McCormick, Associate Director Scotland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 3. Review of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.