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Download full textPostlethwaite, T. Neville; Ross, Kenneth N. – 1992
This booklet presents the results of an exploratory study of educational indicators that differentiate more effective from less effective primary schools. The studies examined in the booklet encompassed 26 national systems of education. The booklet considers the community context of the school; school management; school size, type, and staffing…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Indicators, Effective Schools Research, Elementary School Students
Ross, Kenneth N. – Prospects, 1992
Contends that the high quality of the probability sampling used by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) is due, in large part, to procedures developed by IEA's first statistical consultant, Gilbert Peaker. Concludes that the Peaker process is a first-class sample design. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Interpretation
