School effectiveness and improvement - recent research

Ainscow, M. and Clarke, P. (1997) The Learning Network: Future Directions. Unpublished discussion paper. Manchester University.

Ainscow, M. , Hargreaves, D. and Hopkins, D. (1995) 'Maping the process of change in schools' in School Effectiveness: Special Issue of Evaluation and Research in Education, 9 (2), 75-90.

Ball, S. (1996) Good School/Bad School. Paper presented to the annual conference of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), Lancaster University.

Ball, D.L. and Cohen, D.K. (1995) Developing Practice, Developing Practitioners. Paper for the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future , School of Education and Institute of Public Studies, University of Michigan, USA.

Ball, S. , Bowe, R. and Gerwitz, S. (1992) Circuits of Schooling: a Sociological Exploration of Parental Choice of School in Social Class Contexts. Swinton, Economic and Social Research Council.

Belfield, C.R. , Fileding, A. and Thomas, H.R. (1996) The Cost Effectiveness of Post-16 Provision in Schools: Research Report for the DFE. School of Education, University of Birmingham.

Beresford, J. (1995) Classroom Conditions for School Improvement. A Literature Review. A paper prepared for ICSEI, Learning from Each Other. London, October.

Beresford, J. (1997) 'Ask the Children', in Reading , 31 (1), 17-18.

Booth, T. and Ainscow, M. (Forthcoming.) From Them to Us: An International Study of Inclusion in Education. London, Routeledge .

Brown, M. (Forthcoming) The tyranny of the international horse race, in R. Slee , G. Weiner and S. Tomliinson (eds) Effective for Whom? Challenges to the School Effectiveness and School Improvement Movements, London, Taylor & Francis.

Brown, S. , Duffield, J. and Riddell, S. (1995) 'School effectiveness research: the policy makers' tool for school improvement? European Educational Research Association Bulletin, 1 (1), 6-15.

Bullock, A. and Thomas, H. (1997) Schools at the Cente: A Study of Decentralisation . London, Routledge.

Bush, T. (1996) 'School autonomy and school improvement', in Gray, J. , Reynolds, D. , Fitz-Gibbon, C. and Jesson, D. (eds) Merging Traditions: The Future of Research on School Effectiveness and School Improvement. London, Cassell.

Clarke, P. and Christie, T. (1997) 'Mapping changes in primary schools: what are we doing and where are we going?', School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 8 (3), 354-368.

Coleman, P. and Riley, K.A. (1995) Accentuate the positive', Education 186, 11 & 18.

Corbett, F. , Fielding, M. and Kerfoot, S. (1996) The Role of the LEAs in School Improvement in the Future. Paper presented to the BERA conference , Lancaster.

Earley, P. , Fidler, B. and Ouston, J. (1996) Improvement Through Inspection? Complementary Approaches to School Development. London, David Fulton Publishers.

Elliott, J. (1996) 'School effectiveness research and its critics: alternative visions of schooling', Cambridge Journal of Education , 26 (2), 199-224.

Farrar, M. (1998) Accelerating Learning, Raising Potential: the Experience of the University of the First Age. Paper presented to the 11th International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement (ICSESI), Manchester University.

Fielding, M. (1997) 'Beyond school effectiveness and school improvement: lighting the slow fuse of possibility', in J. White and M. Barber (eds) Perspectives on School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Bedford Way Papers , London, Institute of Education .

Fielding, M. , Beresford, J. and West, M. (1995) Using Mapping Techniques in IQEA Schools. Paper presented at the 8th ICSESI, Leeuwarden , The Netherlands.

Fink, D. and Stoll, L. (Forthcoming) 'Educational change: easier said than done, in A Hargreaves , M. Fullan , A. Lieberman and D. Hopkins (eds) International Handbook on Educational Change, Klewer, the Netherlands.

FitzGibbon, C.T. 1996. Issues to be Considered in the Design of a National Value Added Project. London, SCAA .

Fullen, M.G. and Hargreaves, A. (1991) What's Worth Fighting For? Working Together for Your School, Toronto, Canada, Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation. Published as What's Worth Fighting For in Your School (1992), Buckingham, Open University Press.

Goldstein, H. and Myers, K. (1997) School Effectiveness Research: a Bandwagon, a Hi-jack or a Journey Towards Enlightenment? Paper presented at the BERA conference, York.

Goldstein, H. and Sammons, P. 1997. 'The influence of secondary and junior schools on sixteen year examination performance: a cross-classified multilevel analysis' , School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 8 (2), 219-230.

Grace, G. (Forthcoming) 'Realising the mission: catholic approaches to school effectiveness', in R. Slee , G. Weiner and S. Tomlinson (eds) Effective for Whom? Challenges to the School Effectiveness and School Improvement Movements, London, Taylor & Francis.

Guskey, T.R. and Huberman, M. (1995) Professional Development in Education: New Paradigms and Practices, New York, USA, Teachers College Press.

Hamilton, D. (1996) Fordism by Fiat (on the Disorganisation of Effective Schooling). Paper presented to the BERA conference , Lancaster.

Hamilton, D. (1995) 'Peddling feel-good fictions', Forum, 38 (2), 54-56.

Hargreaves, D. (1995) 'School culture, school effectiveness and school improvement', in School Effectiveness and School Improvement , 6 (1), 23-46.

Harris, A. , Jamieson, I. and Russ, J. (1995) 'A study of "effective" departments in secondary schools', School Organisation, 15 (3), 283-299.

Harris, A. , Jamieson, I. and Russ, J. (1996) School Effectiveness and School Improvement: A Practical Guide, London, Pitmans .

Harris, A. , Jamieson, I. , Pearce, D. and Russ, J. 1997. Equiping Young People for Working Life: Effective Teaching and Learning Through Work-Related Contexts. London , DfEE Research Studies RS46, HMSO.

Hopkins, D. , Reynolds, D. and Farrell, S. 1996a. Moving On and Moving Up: Confronting the Complexities of Improvement. Paper presented to the BERA conference , Lancaster University.

Hopkins, D. , Harris, A. , Ainscow, M. and Beresford, J. In press. Creating the Classroom Conditions for School Improvement . London, David Fulton.

Institute of Education/DfEE. 1997. The Road to Success: Four Case Studies of Schools Which No Longer Require Special Measures. London, Institute of Education.

Jeffrey, B. and Woods, P. (1996) 'Feeling deprofessionalised: the social construction of emotions during an Ofsted inspection', in Cambridge Journal of Education, 26 (3), 325-343.

Joy, B. , Stoll, L. and Taggart, B. 1998. School Improvement in the New LEA. Paper presented to 11th ICSESI, Manchester .

Lauder, H. , Jamieson, I. and Wikeley, F. (Forthcoming) 'Models of effective schools: limits and capabilities , in R. Slee , G. Weiner and S. Tomlinson (eds) Effective for Whom? Challenges to the School Effectiveness and School Improvement Movements. London, Taylor & Francis.

Leo, E. and Galloway, D. 1995. Motivating the Difficult to Teach. Paper presented to the 4th International Special Education Congress , Birmingham.

Leo, E. , Myers, K. and Stoll, L. 1997. Improving Against the Odds: an Intercultural Study of School Improvement. Paper presented to the 10th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Memphis, Tennessee.

Levacic, R. and Glover, D. (1997) 'Value for money as a school improvement strategy: evidence from the new inspection system in England', in School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 8 (2), 231-254.

Lincoln, P. and Southworth, G. (1996) 'Concerted efforts', in Education , 187 (23), 8 February.

Louis, K.S. , Kruse, S.D. and Associates. ( 1995) Professionalism and Community: Perceptions on Reforming Urban Schools. Thousand Oaks, California, USA, Corwin Press .

MacBeath, J. Boyd, B. , Rand, J. and Bell, S. (1996) Schools Speak for Themselves: Towards a Framework for Self-evaluation. London, NUT and Strathclyde University.

MacGilchrist, B. (Forthcoming) Development Planning in Practice. London, Paul Chapman.

MacGilchrist, B. and Mortimer, P. (1997) 'The impact of school development plans in primary schools' in School Effectiveness and Improvement, 8 (2), 198-218.

MacGilchrist, B. , Myers, K. and Reed, J. (1997) The Intelligent School, London , Paul Chapman.

Mortimer, P. and Sammons, P. (1997) 'Endpiece: a welcome and a riposte to critics', in J. White and M Barber (eds) Perspectives on School Effectiveness and School Improvement. London, Institute of Education.

O'Donoghue, C. , Thomas, S. , Goldstein, H. and Knight, T. (1997) 1996 DfEE Study of Value Added for 16-18 Year Olds in England. London, HMSO.

Ouston, J. , Fidler, B. and Earley, P. (eds) (1996) Ofsted Inspections: the Early Experience. London , David Fulton.

Prince's Trust , (1997) A Breakthrough to Success - Study Support: A Review. London, the Prince's Trust.

Pring, R. (1995) 'Educating persons: putting education back into educational research' in Scottish Educational Review, 27 (2), 101-112.

Ranson, S. (1993) Reviewing Education for Democracy. A paper presented at the Institute of Public Policy research seminar on alternative education policies, London.

Reynolds, D. and Farrell, S. 1996. Worlds Apart? A Review of International Surveys of Educational Achievement Involving England, Ofsted Reviews of Research, HMSO, London.

Reynolds, D. , Bollen, R. , Creemers, B. , Hopkins, D. , Stoll, L. and Lagerwij, N. (1996) Making Good Schools: Linking School Effectiveness and School Improvement. London, Routledge.

Reynolds, D. , Gray, J. and Hopkins, D. (1998) The Improving School Project. Paper presented to the 11th ICSESI conference, Manchester .

Riddell, A. (1997) Assessing design for school effectiveness research and school improvement in developing countries' in Comparative Education Review, 41 (2), 178-204.

Riley, K.A. (1998) Whose School Is It Anyway. London, Falmer Press.

Riley, K.A. , Johnson, H. and Rowles, D. (1995) Managingfor Quality in an Uncertain Climate, Report II. Luton, LocalGovernmentManagementBoard.

Riley, K. and Rowles, D. (1997) From Intensive Care to Recovery: Schools Requiring Special Measures. London, Haringey LEA.

Robertson, P. and Sammons, P. (1997) Improving School Effectiveness Projext: Understanding Change in Schools. Paper presented to BERA conference , York.

Rudduck, J. , Chaplain, R. and Wallace, G. (1996) School Improvement. What Can Pupils Tell Us? London, David Fulton Press.

Rudduck, J. , Day, J. and Wallace, G. (1997) 'Students' perspectives on school improvement', in A. Hargreaves (ed) Rethinking Educational Change with Heart and Mind (the 1997 ASCD Year Book). Alexandria, Virginia, USA. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 73-91.

Sammons, P. , Mortimore, P. and Hillman, J. ( 1996) 'A response to David Hamilton's reflections', Forum, 31 (3), 88-90.

Sammons, P. and Reynolds, D. (1997) 'A partisan evaluation - John Elliott on school effectiveness', Cambridge Journal of Education, 27 (1), 123-136.

Sammons, P. and Taggart, B. (1998) Evaluating the Impact of the Raising School Standards Initiative in Belfast: The Pupils', Parents' and Teachers' Perspective. Paper presented at the 11th ICSESI, Manchester .

Sebba, J. , Clarke, J. and Emery, B. 1996. Enhancing School Improvement Through Inspection in Special Schools: Report of the Project on Post-Inspection Action Planning and School Improvement Following Inspection in Special Schools. Ofsted, HMSO, London.

Southworth, G. and Sebba, J. 1997. Increasing the LEA's Capacity to Support Schools as They Seek to Improve. Paper presented to BERA conference , York.

Stoll, L. and Reynolds, D. 1996. 'Connecting schooleffectiveness and school improvement: what have we learnt in the past ten years?' in T Townsend (ed) Restructuring and Quality: Issues for Tomorrow's School. London, Routledge.

Teddlie, C. and Reynolds, D. In press. The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research . London, the Falmer Press.

Thomas, S. and Smees, R. 1997. Dimensions of Effectiveness: Comparative Analysis Across Regions. Paper presented to the 10th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Memphis, Tennessee.

Tymms, P. , Merrell C. and Henderson, B. 1997. 'The First Year at School: a quantitative investigation of attainment and progress of pupils', Educational Research and Evaluation, 3 (2), 101-118.

Tymms, P. and Williams, D. 1996. Baseline Assessment and Value Added. London, SCAA.

Watkins, C. , Carnell, E. , Lodge, C. and Whalley, C. 1996. Effective Learning. Research Matters No. 5, London Institute of Education, School Improvement Network.