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Forehand-Thompson, Embekka – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Legislators have implemented an accountability system in an effort to increase school quality for all students. Policymakers assume that rewards and sanctions, based on results from high-stakes testing, can improve student achievement. The accountability system does not consider environmental factors that impact student outcomes. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Accountability, Classification, Educational Improvement
Adeyemi, Abisola Moradeyo; Adeyemi, Seminu Babatunde – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2014
The enhancement of the academic achievement of the Nigerian students has continued to engage the attention of educational practitioners and policy makers. This paper investigated institutional factors as predictors of students' academic performance in Colleges of Education in South-Western Nigeria. The study employed the ex post facto design using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Predictor Variables