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Building Cohesive Leadership Development
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Shoaf, Lisa; Zigler, Ted; Beebe, Robert – Policy Futures in Education, 2013
In 2004 the General Assembly of the State of Ohio (USA) enacted Senate Bill 2, which created the Educator Standards Board "to develop and recommend to the state board of education standards for entering and continuing in the teaching and principalship professions". Since that time the Ohio Department of Education has established a…
Descriptors: National Standards, Administrator Evaluation, Principals, State Standards
Developing, Testing, and Using Theoretical Models for Promoting Quality in Education
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Creemers, Bert; Kyriakides, Leonidas – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
This paper argues that the dynamic model of educational effectiveness can be used to establish stronger links between educational effectiveness research (EER) and school improvement. It provides research evidence to support the validity of the model. Thus, the importance of using the dynamic model to establish an evidence-based and theory-driven…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Educational Improvement
The Model-Size Effect on Traditional and Modified Tests of Covariance Structures
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Herzog, Walter; Boomsma, Anne; Reinecke, Sven – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
According to Kenny and McCoach (2003), chi-square tests of structural equation models produce inflated Type I error rates when the degrees of freedom increase. So far, the amount of this bias in large models has not been quantified. In a Monte Carlo study of confirmatory factor models with a range of 48 to 960 degrees of freedom it was found that…
Descriptors: Monte Carlo Methods, Structural Equation Models, Effect Size, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
The Development and Testing of a School Improvement Model
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Leithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris; McElheron-Hopkins, Charryn – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2006
This multimethod study generated and tested a "best evidence" model of school improvement processes (SIP) capable of improving student achievement. Initially developed through the review of a comprehensive body of previous empirical research, the model was further refined through a 2, 5-year longitudinal study in 10 schools. A quantitative test of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Convergent Thinking
Analyzing Mathematical Tasks: A Catalyst for Change?
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Arbaugh, Fran; Brown, Catherine A. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2005
In this study we investigate a strategy for engaging high school mathematics teachers in an "initial" examination of their teaching in a way that is nonthreatening and at the same time effectively supports the development of teachers' pedagogical content knowledge [Shulman (1986). "Educational Researcher," 15(2), 4-14]. Based on the work…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis
An Empirical Examination of a Modified Matrix Sampling Procedure as an Evaluation Tool for Grades 7 to 12 in a Midwestern School District
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Liang, Xin – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
Multiple matrix sampling is a data collection technique that ensures accuracy and efficiency in group performance. It has been widely used in large-scale curriculum evaluation since the 1980s. However, the design does not always fully embrace the dynamics of local evaluation demands. The purpose of this study is to introduce a modified matrix…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Item Sampling, Matrices, Statistical Studies