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Yorke, Mantz; Orr, Susan; Blair, Bernadette – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
There has long been the suspicion amongst staff in Art & Design that the ratings given to their subject disciplines in the UK's National Student Survey are adversely affected by a combination of circumstances--a "perfect storm". The "perfect storm" proposition is tested by comparing ratings for Art & Design with those…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, National Surveys, Art Education, Design
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Luyten, Hans; Tymms, Peter; Jones, Paul – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2009
The research findings presented in this paper illustrate how the "value added" of schooling can be assessed empirically using cross-sectional data. Application of the regression-discontinuity approach within a multilevel framework produces both an estimate of the absolute effect of 1 year schooling and an estimate of the variation across…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Sampling, Achievement Gains