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School effectiveness : coming of age in the twenty-first century

Title
School effectiveness : coming of age in the twenty-first century / Pam Sammons.
Author
Sammons, Pam.
Publication
Lisse ; Exton, PA : Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, ©1999.

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Description
xiv, 396 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"School Effectiveness: Coming of Age in the Twenty-First Century represents a personal contribution to this rapidly growing research field. The author has drawn together a range of work conducted over the last 18 years, reflecting on the expansion, achievements and limitations of the school effectiveness movement." "The volume explores the influence of students' background on educational outcomes, ways of contextualising school performance and current issues and developments in school effectiveness research."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Contexts of learning
Uniform Title
Contexts of learning
Subject
  • Educational evaluation > Great Britain
  • Educational accountability > Great Britain
  • School improvement programs > Great Britain > Evaluation
  • Education > Standards > Great Britain
  • Education > Standards
  • Educational accountability
  • Educational evaluation
  • School improvement programs > Evaluation
  • Schule
  • Qualitätssicherung
  • Bildungsforschung
  • Onderwijsresearch
  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
  • GroÇbritannien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-387) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. The Impact of Intake: Measuring School Effectiveness. Ch. 1. The Influence of Background on Educational Outcomes. Ch. 2. Contextualising School Performance. Ch. 3. Issues in School Effectiveness Research. Ch. 4. Differential School Effectiveness. Ch. 5. Continuity of School Effects -- Pt. 2. Understanding School Effectiveness. Ch. 6. The Question of Education Quality. Ch. 7. Effective Teaching -- Findings from the 'School Matters' Research. Ch. 8. Key Characteristics of Effective Schools. Ch. 9. Theory and School Effectiveness Research -- Pt. 3. Using School Effectiveness Research: Implications for Raising Standards and School Improvement. Ch. 10. The Practitioners' Perspective. Ch. 11. Using Value Added Research. Ch. 12. Evaluating School Improvement. Ch. 13. Beyond the Millennium: Future Directions for School Effectiveness Research.
ISBN
  • 9026515502
  • 9789026515507
  • 9026515499
  • 9789026515491
LCCN
99033202
OCLC
  • ocm41431740
  • 41431740
  • SCSB-1138888
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library