School Effectiveness and School Improvement: Alternate Perspectives

The pressure on schools to improve and to raise achievement continues to be a dominant issue both in schools and government policies. School Effectiveness and School Improvement develops the debate further, providing academics and practitioners alike with:o A summary and discussion of research on school effectiveness and school improvemento New perspectives on these fields, developed from other traditions of thinking and researcho Consideration of the role of organization theoryo An integrated view of these current perspectiveso Clear practical implications for policy and practice