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Lynch, David; Smith, Richard; Provost, Steven; Madden, Jake – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: This paper argues that in a well-organised school with strong leadership and vision coupled with a concerted effort to improve the teaching performance of each teacher, student achievement can be enhanced. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that while macro-effect sizes such as "whole of school" metrics are useful for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Data Interpretation
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Koon, Sharon; Petscher, Yaacov; Foorman, Barbara R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2014
State education leaders are often interested in identifying schools that have demonstrated success with improving the literacy of students who are at the highest level of risk for reading difficulties. The identification of these schools that are "beating the odds" is typically accomplished by comparing a school's observed performance on…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties, At Risk Students
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Beckstead, Jason W. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2012
The presence of suppression (and multicollinearity) in multiple regression analysis complicates interpretation of predictor-criterion relationships. The mathematical conditions that produce suppression in regression analysis have received considerable attention in the methodological literature but until now nothing in the way of an analytic…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Models
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Ross, Steven M.; Paek, Jangmil; McKay, Dawn – ERS Spectrum, 2008
A core component of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2001) is the provision of free after-school tutoring services, labeled "supplemental educational services" (SES), to eligible students. Importantly, an explicit NCLB requirement makes each state responsible for evaluating individual SES providers with regard to effectiveness in…
Descriptors: Research Design, Evaluators, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
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House, J. Daniel – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2000
Describes a study that investigated the relationship between student self-beliefs and science achievement using data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and examined the generalizability of previous findings for students in a cross-cultural context. Results indicate self-beliefs were associated with higher science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Ismail, Noor Azina; Othman, Azmah – International Education Journal, 2006
University Malaya enrolls students from all states in Malaysia as well as a small number of students from overseas. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of past performance on students at three faculties, namely, Faculty of Economics and Administration(FEA), Faculty of Business and Accounting(FBA) and Faculty of Arts and Social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Social Sciences, Foreign Countries, Grade Prediction
Johnson, Jerry – Rural School and Community Trust, 2006
This report presents findings from an investigation into relationships between academic achievement and the distribution of fiscal resources among rural school districts in Oregon. The investigation was prompted by earlier-reported findings suggesting the critical nature of both achievement gaps and resource gaps among rural school districts in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Investigations, Academic Achievement, School Districts
McCoach, D. Betsy – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2003
Structural equation modeling (SEM) refers to a family of statistical techniques that explores the relationships among a set of variables. Structural equation modeling provides an extremely versatile method to model very specific hypotheses involving systems of variables, both measured and unmeasured. Researchers can use SEM to study patterns of…
Descriptors: Gifted, Structural Equation Models, Factor Analysis, Enrichment
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Sharp, Stephen – Educational Studies, 1996
Summarizes an experiment that expanded the types of variables and approaches used in statistical analyses of subject attainment in secondary education. The experiment compared students' grades in a given subject with their expected grades based on performance in other subjects. Considers applications and limitations to this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Courses, Educational Administration, Educational Research
Young, Deidra J.; Fraser, Barry J. – 1993
The purpose of this study is to investigate science achievement of Australian students and how this achievement can vary from school to school. The proposition that gender and socioeconomic inequities in Australia are the result of school systems designed to reproduce an unequal social order is be examined with reference both to current…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equal Education, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries