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Download full textSheridan, Susan; Dynarski, Mark; Bovaird, James – Decision Information Resources, Inc, 2017
This guide provides experienced education researchers with suggestions for conducting high-quality effectiveness studies to overcome research challenges common to rural settings. The guide addresses four factors that researchers must consider when conducting educational effectiveness research in rural settings: (1) study design, (2) recruitment of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Effectiveness, Guides, Educational Research
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Direct linkFriedlander, Jack; MacDougall, Peter R. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Discusses the growth of the assessment movement, reviews the different measures of student performance being requested by state agencies, and describes institutional responses to state mandates. Offers guidelines for implementing an effective assessment program. (DMM)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Researchers
Pugh, Wesley C. – 1987
This case study of a central office school improvement initiative in an urban school system examines instructional leadership practices of two junior high school principals. The school-based research focuses on correlates of school effectiveness in "low achieving" settings and the principals' capacity to "reflect-in-action," an ability to make…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Characteristics, Case Studies
Lezotte, Lawrence W. – 1984
Prepared as a tribute to the late Professor Ronald R. Edmonds, this paper reviews the history and progress of school improvement based upon the effective schools research. Topics related to the scope and precision of effective schools research are discussed. A need for further research is claimed in the following areas: (1) noncognitive and higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Improvement
