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A synthesis of studies searching for school factors: Implications for theory and research
Author(s) -
Kyriakides Leonidas,
Creemers Bert,
Antoniou Panayiotis,
Demetriou Demetris
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/01411920903165603
Subject(s) - educational research , mathematics education , meta analysis , psychology , order (exchange) , management science , computer science , medicine , finance , economics
This paper reports the results of a meta‐analysis in which the dynamic model of educational effectiveness is used as a framework to search for school factors associated with student achievement. The methods and results of a synthesis of 67 studies are presented. Findings reveal that effective schools are able to develop policies and take actions in order to improve their teaching practice and learning environment. Factors excluded from the dynamic model were found to be only weakly associated with outcomes. Implications for research on school effectiveness and for improvement of practice are drawn. It is illustrated that this approach of conducting meta‐analysis helps us interpret the findings by providing support to the validity of the dynamic model and suggestions for its further development.