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School Conditional Growth Model: How to Make an "Apples to Apples" Comparison Possible?
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Xiang, Yun; Hauser, Carl – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to offer an analytic perspective to policy makers and educational practitioners regarding how to use longitudinal achievement data to evaluate schools. The authors further discuss the potential practical applications of their models for superintendents, researchers, and policy makers. The premise of the study is that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Policy Formation, Data Analysis
Contexts of Accountability under Systemic Reform: Implications for Principal Influence on Instruction and Supervision
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Marks, Helen M.; Nance, Jason P. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Purpose: The study investigates how various accountability contexts--including states, local boards, districts, school site councils, parent associations, and teachers--affect the ability of principals to influence instructional and supervisory decisions in their schools. Data: Data for the analysis come from 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Educational Change, Accountability, Principals
Comparative Analysis of Pharmacists' and Physicians' Attitudes toward the Use of Deception in Resolving Difficult Ethical Problems.
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Jackson, Richard A.; Pirl, Margaret A. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1992
Community pharmacists (n=176) were surveyed concerning their responses to four ethical dilemmas potentially resolvable by deception and their attitudes about deception in general. Results were compared to a similar study of physicians. The professions appear to have similar standards regarding use of deception, using it principally in the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Conflict Resolution, Context Effect
Academic Differentiation, School Achievement and School Violence in the USA and South Korea
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Akiba, Motoko; Han, Seunghee – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2007
Whilst school violence is a major public concern and a focus of educational reforms both in the USA and South Korea, few studies have comparatively examined the rates of school violence and school factors associated with them. Analysing nationally-representative data from eighth graders, their mathematics teachers and principals in 150 South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Mathematics Teachers, Academic Achievement
Departmental and School Leadership in Promoting Higher-Order Thinking.
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McCartney, Cameron; Schrag, Francis – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Investigates the role of social studies department heads and principals in five schools involved in a project studying higher-order thinking skills. Identifies similarities and differences between department heads and administrators. Develops indicators of the success of the five schools in promoting higher-order thinking in social studies…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Curriculum Development
How To Develop Your School's Readiness for Improvement: An Analysis Process and Recommendations.
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D'Amico, Joseph J.; Corbett, H. Dickson – 1987
A research study of the implementation of "good ideas" in 14 schools came to the conclusion that differences in school organization and climate cause differences in the success of school improvement. Specific aspects of organization and climate in these schools, called factors of school context, are the following: resources, incentives,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Educational Change