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Kyriakides, Leonidas; Antoniou, Panayiotis; Dimosthenous, Andria – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2021
This paper investigates the sustainability and the impact of offering the dynamic approach (DA) to schools for more than 1 year in improving student achievement in mathematics (quality) and reducing the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on achievement (equity). A sample of 56 schools in socially disadvantaged areas in three countries (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Program Length, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Duggan, Alice; Karakolidis, Anastasios; Clerkin, Aidan; Gilleece, Lorraine; Perkins, Rachel – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Background: Socioeconomic characteristics are persistently and systematically related to academic outcomes, despite long-standing efforts to reduce educational inequality. Ireland has a strong policy focus on alleviating educational disadvantage and has seen significant improvements in mathematics and science performance in recent years. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Equal Education, Elementary Schools
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Kyriakides, Leonidas; Charalambous, Evi; Creemers, H. P. M. (Bert); Dimosthenous, Andria – Educational Research, 2019
Background: Recent effectiveness studies have investigated the relationship between two dimensions of effectiveness -- namely, quality and equity. Specifically, the question of whether effective schools can also reduce the initial differences in student outcomes attributed to student background factors has been examined. In this context, the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Educational Quality, Disadvantaged Environment