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August 15, 2009British Educational Research JournalOpen Access

Serious doubts about school effectiveness

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SGStephen GorardDurham University

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Implication

Reveals issues with school effectiveness assessments in education, suggesting alternative approaches.

Key Points

  • The aim is to critically analyze the reliability of school effectiveness calculations and their implications.
  • Assessment of school effectiveness models dominant in England and their reliance on error calculations.
  • Analysis of the sensitivity of school effectiveness to initial and propagated errors.
  • Consideration of historical reasons for the dominance of the school effectiveness model.
  • Findings indicate that school effectiveness results are significantly influenced by relative errors.
  • Contextual information does not aid in clarifying the reliability of school effectiveness.
  • Highlights the potential damage caused by reliance on flawed school effectiveness models.

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Stephen Gorard (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1acb6f49c6765e3885eed8https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920903144251
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