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Author Sammons, Pam.

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

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Description xiv, 396 pages ; 25 cm
Series Contexts of learning
Contexts of learning.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
SUBJECT Pro/ENGINEER. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94035501
Subject Educational accountability -- Great Britain.
Educational evaluation -- Great Britain.
Education -- Standards -- Great Britain.
School improvement programs -- Great Britain -- Evaluation.
LC no. 99033202
ISBN 9026515499 hardback
9026515502 paperback
0534370381