Introduction
Part 1: The Impact of Intake: Measuring School EffectivenessChapter 1: The Influence of Background on Educational Outcomes
Chapter 2: Contextualizing School Performance
Chapter 3: Issues in school Effectiveness Research
Chapter 4: Differential School Effectiveness
Chapter 5: Continuity of School Effects
Part 2: Understanding School EffectivenessChapter 6: The Question of Education Quality
Chapter 7: Effective Teaching – Findings from the ‘School Matters’ Research
Chapter 8: Key Characteristics of Effective Schools
Chapter 9: Theory and school Effectiveness Research
Part 3: Using School Effectiveness Research: Implications for Raising Standards and School ImprovementChapter 10: The Practitioners’ Perspective
Chapter 11: Using Value Added Research
Chapter 12: Evaluating School Improvement
Chapter 13: Beyond the Millennium: Future Diretions for School Effectiveness Research
References
Subject index