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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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Effectiveness Measures for Cross-Sectional Studies: A Comparison of Value-Added Models and Contextualised Attainment Models
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Lenkeit, Jenny – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2013
Educational effectiveness research often appeals to "value-added models (VAM)" to gauge the impact of schooling on student learning net of the effect of student background variables. A huge amount of cross-sectional studies do not, however, meet VAM's requirement for longitudinal data. "Contextualised attainment models (CAM)" measure the influence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Consequences of Omitting the Classroom in Multilevel Models of Schooling: An Illustration Using Opportunity to Learn and Reading Achievement
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Martinez, Jose Felipe – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
Statisticians have shown the theoretical extent of parameter distortion when the classroom level is ignored in multilevel analyses of schooling. This article illustrates the practical consequences of omitting the classroom for inferences drawn about the extent and mechanisms of schooling effects, using the relationship between reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Opportunities, Models, Reading Achievement
Using Growth Models to Monitor School Performance: Comparing the Effect of the Metric and the Assessment
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Goldschmidt, Pete; Choi, Kilchan; Martinez, Felipe; Novak, John – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2010
This paper investigates whether inferences about school performance based on longitudinal models are consistent when different assessments and metrics are used as the basis for analysis. Using norm-referenced (NRT) and standards-based (SBT) assessment results from panel data of a large heterogeneous school district, we examine inferences based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Educational Assessment, Longitudinal Studies
The Relative Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Private and Public Schools for Low-Income Families: A Case Study in a Developing Country
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Tooley, James; Dixon, Pauline; Shamsan, Yarim; Schagen, Ian – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2010
The "mushrooming" of private schools for low-income families has been widely noted in the literature; however, very little is known about the quality of these schools. This research explored the relative quality of private unaided (recognised and unrecognised) and government schools in low-income areas of Hyderabad, India. A preliminary census to…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Private Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Educational Leadership and Pupil Achievement: The Choice of a Valid Conceptual Model to Test Effects in School Effectiveness Research
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De Maeyer, Sven; Rymenans, Rita; Van Petegem, Peter; van den Bergh, Huub; Rijlaarsdam, Gert – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2007
School effectiveness research often uses multilevel models in which only direct effects of characteristics of schools on pupil achievement are modelled. Recently, more attention is given to conceptual models that assume indirect and antecedent effects. In this paper, we elaborate on these models and show that the findings from school effectiveness…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 6, Instructional Leadership, School Effectiveness
School and District Culture as Reflected in Student Voices and Student Achievement
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Pritchard, Ruie Jane; Morrow, Donna; Marshall, Jon C. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2005
The study investigated the relation between district culture, student achievement, and student attitudes about their schools. Perceptions of students as expressed in more than 2,000 essays written about their schools were explored. Seven cultural categories were examined for differences across grade levels and districts. Statistical differences…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, School Culture, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes