Educational Effectiveness Theory: Further Developments in a Multilevel Context

ISBN-13: 9781138715110 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 120 str.

Katharina Maag Merki; Marcus Emmerich; Monika Holmeier

Opis

Despite advances in educational effectiveness theory and methodology, existing theoretical frameworks of educational effectiveness are only very general, and the embedding of empirically identified results in theoretical models has to be done more systematically. This book contributes to the advancement of educational effectiveness theory by discussing different strategies and by making it clear that the advancement of the theory depends on the advancement of the methodology itself, or in other words: from theory to methodology and from empirical evidence back to theory. This book was originally published as a special issue of School Effectiveness and School Improvement.

Spis treści

Preface: System effectiveness and improvement: the importance of theory and context  Introduction: Further development of educational effectiveness theory in a multilevel context: from theory to methodology and from empirical evidence back to theory  1. Theories on educational effectiveness and ineffectiveness  2. Does accountability pressure through school inspections promote school improvement?  3. Comparability of semester and exit exam grades: long-term effect of the implementation of state-wide exit exams  4. Phantom effects in school composition research: consequences of failure to control biases due to measurement error in traditional multilevel models  5. Developing, testing, and using theoretical models for promoting quality in education