This article begins with a critical review of alternative strategies currently in use to study
educational productivity. These unfolding research programs are considered in the light of …

The article aims to assess the impact of the school climate on the academic performance of
Brazilian students through the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) …

Hierarchical linear models: Applications and data analysis methods. Hierarchical linear
models: Applications and data analysis methods. Citation Bryk, AS, & Raudenbush, SW (1992) …

Contemporary educational theory holds that one of the pivotal causes of inadequate school
performance is the inability of schools to adequately staff classrooms with qualified teachers …

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of programs offering support,
guidance, and orientation for beginning teachers during the transition into their first teaching …

This paper considers the quantitative assessment of ecological settings such as
neighborhoods and schools. Available administrative data typically provide useful but …

If the self-efficacy of high school teachers is situated rather than global, it ought to vary within
teachers (across a teacher's several assigned classes), as well as among teachers. An …

The interest in the study of school climate stems from a major belief that," school climate is
thought to be linked to educational outcomes, especially; achievementn (Pallas, 1988, p …

This analysis examines the effects of school and organizational characteristics on teacher
turnover and, in turn, school staffing problems. The analyses are based on data from the …

From its inception in the 1960s, the major focus of large-scale quantitative investigations of
school effects has been on the issue of equal opportunities in education for disadvantaged …