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Contributes to further development of school improvement and accountability by bridging qualitative and quantitative research
Presents innovative methodological approaches that go beyond self-ratings of the actors
Provides sophisticated analyses of strengths and limitations of the methodological approaches discussed
Part of the book series: Accountability and Educational Improvement (ACED)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This open access book discusses challenges in school improvement research and different methodological approaches that have the potential to foster school improvement research. Research on school improvement and accountability analysis places high demands on a study’s design and method. The potential of combining the depth of case studies with the breath of quantitative measures and analyses in a mixed-methods design seems very promising. Consequently, the focus of the book lies on innovative methodological approaches.
The book chapters address design, measurement, and analysis developments as well as theoretical and conceptual developments. The relevance of the research presented in the chapters for educational accountability is discussed in the book’s discussion chapter.
Keywords
- Structure of educational systems
- Accountability and evaluation systems
- School improvement research
- Methodological approaches in school improvement
- Research in accountability
- Mixed-methods design
- Longitudinal methodology
- Conceptualizations of school improvement
- Open Access
Editors and Affiliations
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Public Administration, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Arnoud Oude Groote Beverborg
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Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
Tobias Feldhoff
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University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Katharina Maag Merki
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Institut für Schulpädagogik und Bildung, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Falk Radisch
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Concept and Design Developments in School Improvement Research
Book Subtitle: Longitudinal, Multilevel and Mixed Methods and Their Relevance for Educational Accountability
Editors: Arnoud Oude Groote Beverborg, Tobias Feldhoff, Katharina Maag Merki, Falk Radisch
Series Title: Accountability and Educational Improvement
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69345-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69344-2Published: 16 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69347-3Published: 16 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69345-9Published: 15 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2509-3320
Series E-ISSN: 2509-3339
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 312
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations
Topics: Assessment and Testing, Research Methods in Education, Organization and Leadership