Jaap Scheerens: 3 books
Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring
A Systematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2006
This book looks at the foundations of school self-evaluation from a scientific as from a practical perspective. Planning concepts, restructuring of education systems, organizational theory on schools, evaluation methodology and models of school effectiveness and school improvement are discussed as...
School Size Effects Revisited
A Qualitative and Quantitative Review of the Research Evidence in Primary and Secondary Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
This book provides a thorough review of the research literature on the effect of school size in primary and secondary education on three types of outcomes: student achievement, non-cognitive outcomes and costs per student. Based on 84 scientific publications and several prior reviews, the book discusses...
Educational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness
A Critical Review of the Knowledge Base
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a “lean” theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of “ineffectiveness”, such as low effect sizes of malleable conditions,...