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Educational Effectiveness Research (EER): A State-of-the-Art Review
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Reynolds, David; Sammons, Pam; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; Townsend, Tony; Teddlie, Charles; Stringfield, Sam – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
Research and scholarship into educational effectiveness research (EER) is comprehensively reviewed from the UK, The Netherlands, the US, Cyprus, Belgium, Sweden, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, and other societies, dating from the field's origins in the 1970s. Issues include its history, methodological and theoretical advances,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, School Effectiveness, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
The Background to This Set of Papers on the Impact of Two Decades of School Effectiveness Research.
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Townsend, Tony – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
Two decades after two U.S. and UK studies jump-started the school-effectiveness research movement, the American Educational Research Association invited the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement to present a symposium on international developments. The six papers herein critique and assess the movement's contributions.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Educational Change, Effective Schools Research
Satan or Savior? An Analysis of Two Decades of School Effectiveness Research.
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Townsend, Tony – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
Examines criticisms of school-effectiveness research (SER) in two papers by Martin Thrupp and by Roger Slee and Gaby Weiner in this special issue. Despite critics' focus on SER's overclaiming, undertheorizing, and political ineptitude, the main issue seems to be researchers' dismissive attitudes and their suppression of scholarly debate. (Contains…
Descriptors: Discussion, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Needs
The Future of School Effectiveness and Improvement (A Report on the Special Sessions and Plenary at ICSEI 1998 in Manchester, UK).
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Creemers, Bert; Reynolds, David; Chrispeels, Janet; Mortimore, Peter; Murphy, Joe; Stringfield, Sam; Stoll, Louise; Townsend, Tony – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1998
At the 10th International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement, participants noted progress in effectiveness research regarding development of outcome measures, size effects, measures of educational processes, and variables contributing to effectiveness. School-improvement research has focused on schools' status changes,…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Effective Schools Research
What Makes Schools Effective? A Comparison between School Communities in Australia and the USA.
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Townsend, Tony – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
Discusses a study to establish and compare the perceived importance of 17 of the most regularly identified effective-schools characteristics for school community members in Australia and the United States. Principals, teachers, parents, and students believe that the most critical elements are dedicated and qualified staff, clear school purposes,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Comparative Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment
School Effectiveness and Improvement Initiatives and the Restructuring of Education in Australia.
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Townsend, Tony – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1996
Australians were reluctant to become involved in the school-effectiveness approach because of concerns about standardized testing procedures. Driven by economic considerations, some large-scale effectiveness research projects have been commissioned by Commonwealth and state governments. Recent reports show evidence of close links between school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Goals for Effective Schools: The View from the Field.
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Townsend, Tony – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1994
Discloses findings concerning school community members' perceptions about the tasks and role of effective schools, drawing on a 1990-91 study conducted in Melbourne, Australia. Participating principals, teachers, school council members, parents and students believe these tasks transcend the academic to include development of citizenship and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries