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Download full textSims, Sam; Fletcher-Wood, Harry; O'Mara-Eves, Alison; Cottingham, Sarah; Stansfield, Claire; Van Herwegen, Jo; Anders, Jake – Education Endowment Foundation, 2021
Teachers have an important influence on pupils' academic progress, yet the quality of teaching varies widely. Policymakers, school leaders, and teacher educators therefore face the challenge of designing and commissioning professional development (PD) to help all their teachers become as effective as the best teachers. In the last two decades, a…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Program Design, Educational Quality
Direct linkMatthew E. Foster – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background/Context: Despite the surge in efficacy studies, a recent meta-analysis indicates that the relative effectiveness of any two math interventions is largely unknown (Nelson & McMaster, 2019). Additionally, policy makers rarely choose educational programs based on an assessment of costs and cost-effectiveness (Hollands et al., 2016;…
Descriptors: Costs, Cost Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy
Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara; Folsom, Jessica Sidler; Herrington, Carolyn D. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2015
This systematic review of the relationships between principal characteristics and student achievement was created for educators, administrators, policy-makers, and other individuals interested in a comprehensive catalogue of research on relations between principal characteristics and student achievement. It synthesizes what is known about…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Meta Analysis
Robinson, Glen E.; Wittebols, James H. – 1986
A policy of reducing class size seems sensible, but might have costly, far-reaching implications for students, teachers, and public support for schools. The purpose of this research brief is to summarize 100 class size research studies from 1950 to 1985 and to regroup them into 18 areas of concern. The cluster analysis approach was designed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Cluster Grouping
Peer reviewedSparks, Georgea M. – Educational Leadership, 1985
This article is a response to Ruth Wade's meta-analysis of inservice teacher education research in the same issue of "Educational Leadership" (EA 518 308). Factors making a difference in inservice education are identified, but more work needs to be done in understanding the specific, practical details, allowing application. (DCS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Meta Analysis, Research Needs
Peer reviewedWade, Ruth K. – Educational Leadership, 1985
A meta-analysis of inservice teacher education research determines the significance of the following factors for learning effectiveness: training objectives, training duration, training group characteristics, location and scheduling, sponsorship, participant incentives, structure, and instructional technique. Suggestions to help staff developers…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Location, Incentives
