Editorial article for special issue on alternative methods for assessing school effects and schooling effects

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Sammons, Pam ^a   Luyten, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational effectiveness research; Equity; Growth curve models; Regression discontinuity; Seasonality of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749086330     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450902879753     Document Type: Article

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