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Gándara, Fernanda; Randall, Jennifer – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
This study investigates the relationship between school-level accountability practices and science achievement of 15-year-olds, across four counties: Australia, Korea, Portugal, and the United States. We used PISA 2006 data, since 2006 is the only administration that has focused on science. School-level accountability practices are here defined as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Science Achievement, Correlation
Hamilton, Kristen; Kennedy, Matthew; Crespin-Mueller, Dorys – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2010
This study was requested by the Senate International Affairs Committee. The research questions included: (1) What factors affect the cumulative GPA (CGPA) of International students at TRU?; (2) What factors affect the retention of International students at TRU?; and (3) Are Student Success Courses among the significant factors for GPA and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Academic Support Services, Program Effectiveness
Mounts, Samia Sayegh – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Peters and Waterman (1982) viewed management by walking around (MBWA) excellence in leadership. Administrators in the education community face many challenges stemming from not spending enough time in classrooms to gain understanding and insight into what goes on in the classroom. The intent of the present descriptive, cross-sectional study was to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, School Culture