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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Lee, Moosung; Hallinger, Philip – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
This study examines the impact of macro-context factors on the behavior of school principals. More specifically, the article illuminates how a nation's level of economic development, societal culture, and educational system influence the amount of time principals devote to their job role and shape their allocation of time to instructional…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Economic Development
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Hallinger, Philip; Heck, Ronald H. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2011
Based upon case study research, Jackson (2000) earlier proposed that school improvement could be conceptualized as a journey, and that the improvement challenges which schools face are determined, in part, by their location in that journey. This study sought to build upon these propositions by determining if it was indeed possible to classify…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Classification, Educational Change
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Hallinger, Philip; Heck, Ronald H. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2011
Over the past 3 decades, a substantial body of scholarship has examined the effects of school leadership on student learning. Most of this research has framed leadership as an independent variable, or driver for change, in relation to school effectiveness and school improvement. Yet, scholars have observed that leadership is also influenced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, School Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership
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Hallinger, Philip; Kantamara, Pornkasem – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
Explores the cultural context of school improvement in Thailand, a developing Asian nation that retains a strongly traditional set of cultural values and norms. Drawing upon literature review and case-study data, examines the changing nature of successful school improvement in Thailand during period of rapid cultural transition. Also discusses…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Hallinger, Philip; Heck, Ronald H. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1998
Reviews 1980-95 research exploring the relationship between principal leadership and student achievement. Principals exercise a measurable, but indirect, influence on school effectiveness and student achievement via vision, mission, and goals. Previously described discrepancies may be attributable to researchers' conceptual and methodological…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation
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Hallinger, Philip; Leithweed, Kenneth – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1994
The five cross-sectional studies in this special issue are theoretically rich in their exploration of how principals exercise leadership that improves student performance. Notable improvements over earlier impact studies include a clear explication of theoretical constructs and models; use of multilevel, multivariate designs; more sophisticated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cross Sectional Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hallinger, Philip; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1994
Although Western research has identified principal leadership as a necessary condition for school improvement, little is known about how principals provide instructional leadership in developing countries. This problem was addressed by translating and administering the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) to 10 secondary…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries