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Cheng Yong Tan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
The present study provides insights on the influence of family socioeconomic and school resources on principal leadership and, in turn, the influence of principal leadership on the science learning of students. The study uses data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2015 (248,620 students and 9370 principals) from 35…
Descriptors: Principals, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Resources, Leadership Role
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Johnston, Olivia; Wildy, Helen – Australian Journal of Education, 2016
This article reviews the international literature about streaming and the effects of this practice on the learning outcomes for secondary school students in Australia. Streaming in secondary schools across Australia has again increased in popularity after more than a century of literature that often discourages the practice. This article discusses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Ability Grouping
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Marks, Gary N. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2007
It is often assumed that schools themselves play an important role in students not completing school. However, the literature is inconsistent on what school characteristics influence school leaving, and identified school effects may be spurious due to the absence, or poor measurement, of appropriate individual-level influences. The importance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Background, Socioeconomic Influences