A useful reading list


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Aitkin, M. and Longford, N. (1986) "Statistical modelling issues in school effectiveness", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, A, 149, 1-42

Audit Commission Report, (1991) "Working Paper Two Bs or Not....? Schools' and Colleges' A-level Performance."

Audit Commission Report, (1993) "Unfinished Business: Full-time Educational Courses for 16-19 Year Olds." London, HMSO

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Bastow, B. "How to single out a school", Times Educational Supplement, August 2nd, 1991

Blakey, L.S. and Heath, A.F., "Differences between Comprehensive Schools: Some Preliminary Findings", included in Reynolds, D. and Cuttance, P. (editors), (1992) "School Effectiveness: Research, Policy and Practice", Cassell, London

Byford, D. and Mortimore, P. (1980), "School examination results in the ILEA, 1978", (RS 759/80) Inner London Education Authority

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Chilton, B. (1991?) "Caught in the raw", Platform, Times Educational Supplement,

Courtenay, G. (1989) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study: Report on Cohort 3 Sweep 1, Sheffield: Training Agency Research and Development series No. 53

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Dept. For Education, (1992), "School Performance Tables, Public Examination Results 1992", London, HMSO

Dept. For Education, (1992) "GCSE Examinations : Quality and Standards Summer 1992. A report by HM Inspectorate", London, DFE

Dept. For Education, (1995),"GCSE to GCE A/AS Value Added: Briefing for schools and colleges", London, DFEE, ISDN 0 85522466 5

Department for Education and Employment, (1999), "Statistical Bulletin Issue 1/99 March 1999: GCSE and GCE A/AS Level performance of candidates attempting two or more GCE A Levels or AS equivalents in 1997 / 1998", The Stationery Office, The Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT

Dept. of Education and Science, "Statistics of Education. School Leavers. GCSE and GCE 1988" ISSN 0266-2728 See esp. table C10

Dept. of Education and Science, (1988) "Statistical Bulletin December 1988", London, DES

Dept. of Education and Science, (1989) "Report by HM Inspectors on the use made by Local Education Authorities of Public Examination Results", London, DES

Drew, D. and Gray, J. (1991) "The black and white gap in examination results, A Statistical critique of a decade's research", New Community, 17, 159-172

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ELLIOTT, J. (1996). 'School effectiveness research and its critics: alternative visions of schooling', Cambridge Journal of Education, 26, 2, 199-224.

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Financial Times, Schools 500, Saturday, March 7th, 1992

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1990) "Analysing Examination Results", BERA DIALOGUES, No.2, papers p.57ff

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1991) "Multi-level modelling in an indicator system", included in S.W. Raudenbush and J.D. Willms (eds.) "Schools, Classrooms and Pupils: International Studies of Schooling from a Multi-level Perspective", San Diego, Academic Press

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1991) "A-levels - Corrective Comparisons", Managing Schools Today, Vol. 1, Issue 2, September 1991

Fitz-Gibbon, C. and Tymms, P. (1992) "Autumn 1992 Research Seminar: The ALIS Project Findings and Implications", Paper delivered at AEB Higher Education seminar in London.

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1992?) "Performance Indicators and Examination Results", Interchange No. 11, The Scottish Office Education Dept., Edinburgh

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. "Raw realities of playing in the league", Times Educational Supplement, June 26th, 1992

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. "School Effects at A level: Genesis of an Information System?", included in Reynolds, D. and Cuttance, P. (editors), (1992) "School Effectiveness: Research, Policy and Practice", Cassell, London

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1995) "The Value Added National Project: Issues to be considered in the design of a National value added system", SCAA Publications, London. ISBN 1 85838 084 7

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1996) "Monitoring education: indicators, quality and effectiveness", London, Cassell. ISBN 0304330701 / 0304329835

Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1997) "The Value Added National Project Final Report: Feasibility studies for a national system of Value Added indicators", SCAA Publications, London. ISBN 1 85838 249 1

Fogelman, K. "Assessing Examination Attainment in Selective and Non-selective Secondary Schools" included in Plewis, I., Gray, J., Fogleman, K., Mortimore, P., Byford, D. and discussants (1981) "Publishing School Examination Results: A discussion" Bedford Way Papers No.5

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Garner, C.L. and Raudenbush, S.W. (1991) "Neighbourhood effects on educational attainment: A multi-level analysis", Sociology of Education, 64, 251-262

Goldstein, H. (1991) "Better ways to compare schools", Journal of Educational Statistics, Summer 1991, Vol. 16, No. 2

Goldstein, H. (1992) "Models for equating test scores and for studying the comparability of public exams",Educational Analysis, Vol.4,3, included in "Assessing Educational Achievement",(1986), Nuttall, D. editor and also in "The Agenda for educational Measurement" Wood, R.

Goldstein, H., Rasbash J., Yang M., Woodhouse G., Pan H., Nuttall D. and Thomas S., (1993), "A Multilevel Analysis of School Examination Results (1)", Oxford Review of Education Vol 19 No.4

Goldstein, H., &Cresswell, M., (1996), "The Comparability of Different Subjects in Public Examinations: a theoretical and practical critique", Oxford Review of Education, Vol.22, No.4 1996

Goldstein, H. &Sammons, P., (1997), "The Influence of Secondary and Junior Schools on Sixteen Year Examination Performance: A Cross-classified Multilevel Analysis", School Effectiveness and Improvement,Vol.8, No.2, pp. 231-253

Gray, J. "Are Examination Results a Suitable Measure of School Performance", included in Plewis, I., Gray, J., Fogleman, K., Mortimore, P., Byford, D. and discussants (1981) "Publishing School Examination Results: A discussion" Bedford Way Papers No.5

Gray, J. (1981) "A competitive edge: examination results and the probable limits of secondary school effectiveness", Educational Review, 33, pp. 25-35

Gray, J. and Jones, B., "Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to studies of School and Teacher Effectiveness" included in Reynolds, David (Editor) (1985), "Studying School Effectiveness" , p.103-115, Falmer Press, Lewes

Gray, J., Jesson, D. and Jones, B. (1986) "The search for a fairer way of comparing schools' examination results." Research papers in Education, 1 (2), 91-122

Gray, J. and Hannon, V. (1986) "HMI's interpretations of schools' examination results", Journal of Education Policy 1 (2) 23-33. Included in "Evaluating Education: Issues and Methods", Murphy, R. and Torrance, H., editors, Open University.

Gray, J. (1990) "The Quality of Schooling: frameworks for judgement." British Journal of Educational Studies, 38, 3, 204-223

Gray, J., Jesson, D. and Sime, N. (1990) "Estimating differences in the examination performances of secondary schools in six LEAs: a multi-level approach to school effectiveness", Oxford Review of Education, 16, 2, 137-158. (Included in "Evaluating Education: Issues and Methods" , Murphy, R. and Torrance, H. editors, Open University.)

Gray, J., (1992) "Using Exam Statistics to Support Improvements in School Performance", Qualitative and Quantitative Studies in Education Research Group, Division of Education, Sheffield University.

Gray, J., Jesson, D. and Sime, N. (1992) "Developing LEA frameworks for monitoring and evaluation from research on school effectiveness: problems, progress and possibilities", in S. Brown and S. Riddell (eds.) School Effectiveness, Research: Its Messages for Schools' Improvement, Edinburgh: HMSO.

Gray, J., Allnutt, D., Gardner, J., Blackham, C. and Frost, B. (1995) "Technical Annex to 'GCSE to GCE A/AS Value Added Briefing for schools and Colleges':The Development of a National Framework for Estimating Value Added at GCE A/AS Level", DFE Publications, London

GRAY, J. and WILCOX, B. (1996). 'Good School, Bad School': Evaluating Performance and Encouraging Improvement. Buckingham: Open University Press.

GRAY, J., GOLDSTEIN, H. and JESSON, D. (1996). 'Changes and improvements in schools' effectiveness: trends over five years', Research Papers in Education, 11, 1, 35-51.

Gray, J.,Reynolds, D., Fitz-Gibbon, C., Jesson, D. editors (1996) "Merging Traditions: The future of research on school effectiveness and school improvement", London, Cassell. ISBN 030433653X / 0304336475

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Harris, A., Jamieson, J., Russ, J. (1995),"A Study of 'Effective' Departments in Secondary Schools", School Organization, Vol.15, 3

HARRIS, A. (1996). 'Raising levels of pupil achievement through school improvement', Support for Learning, 11, 2, 62-7.

Hedger, K. and Raleigh, M. (1990), "GCSE examination results: improvement of: route 1" Shropshire LEA

Heron, E. "League creates divisions", Times Educational Supplement, Sept. 6th 1991

HOPKINS, D. (1995). 'Towards effective school improvement', School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 6, 3, 265-74.

Hutchinson, Douglas (1991) "Assessing the Effectiveness of Schools", NFER News No. 55 Autumn 1991, Tel.0753 574123 Ext. 251

Hutchinson D., (1993) "School Effectiveness Studies using administrative data", Educational Research Vol.35 No.1 Spring

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Jesson, D. and Gray, J. (1991) " Pupil Performance in Context", Nottingham: Nottinghamshire Education Committee (p.22)

Jesson, D., Gray, J., Tranmer, M., (June 1992) "GCSE Performance in Nottinghamshire 1991: Pupil and School Factors", Nottinghamshire County Council

JESSON, D. (1996). Value Added Measures of School Performance (Research Studies RS14). Sheffield: DFEE.

Joint Matriculation Board, (1983), "Problems of the GCSE Advanced Level Grading Scheme",JMB Manchester

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Keeves, J.P., editor (?) "Educational Research, Methodology and Measurement: An International Handbook" esp. the following
"Scaling methods" by P. Dunn-Rankin p.306-316
"Educational Indicators" by J.N. Johnstone p.451-456
"Prediction in Research" by R.M. Wolf p.566-570
"Multi-level Analysis" by J.P. Keeves and N. Sellin p.689-699
"Statistical Analysis in Educational Research" by G.F. Peaker p.756-767

Kennedy, James, (1992?) "Performance Indicators - Adding value to raw scores", Managing Schools Today

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Livingstone, J. (1990) "Performance Indicators for Northern Ireland Schools", Summary Series No. 9, Belfast, The Northern Ireland Council for Educational Research

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Macintosh, H.G., "The Prospects for Public Examinations in England and Wales", included in Nuttall, D. (Editor), (1986) "Assessing Educational Achievement", Falmer Press, Lewes

Maughan, B., Pickles, A., Rutter, M. and Ouston, J., (1990) "Can Schools Change? I. Outcomes at Six London Secondary Schools", School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1990, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 188-210

McPherson, Andrew, "National Commission on Education (NCE) Briefing No. 1, 1992", Professor and Co-director, Centre for Educational Sociology, Dept. of Sociology, University of Edinburgh and member of NCE's research committee

Mehrens, W. and Lehmann, I., "Measurement and evaluation in education and psychology", third edition, CBS College Publishing, New York.

Mortimore, P. and Byford, D. "Monitoring Examination Results Within a Local Education Authority", included within Plewis, I., Gray, J., Fogleman, K., Mortimore, P., Byford, D. and discussants (1981) "Publishing School Examination Results: A discussion" Bedford Way Papers No.5

Mortimore, P. , Sammons, P., Stoll, L., Lewis, D. and Ecob, R. (1988) "School Matters: The Junior Years", London, Open Books

Mortimore, P. (1991) "School Effectiveness Research: Which way at the Crossroads?", School Effectiveness and School Improvement,1991, Vol.2, No. 3, pp. 213-229

Mortimore, P. and Stone, C. (1991) "Measuring Educational Quality", British Journal of Educational Studies, 39, 1, 69-82

Mortimore P., "School Effectiveness and the Management of Effective Learning and Teaching", School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1993 Vol.4 No.4 pp. 290-310

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Nuttall, D. editor, (1986) "Assessing Educational Achievement", Lewes, Falmer Press, esp.
"Models for equating test scores and for studying the comparability of public exams" by Goldstein, H.
"The Agenda for Educational Measurement", by Wood, R.

Nuttall, D.L., Goldstein, H., Prosser, R. and Raudenbush, J. (1989) "Differential School Effectiveness", International Journal of Educational Research, 13, 769-776

Nuttall, D. (1990) "The functions and limitations of international educational indicators", International Journal of Educational Research, 14,4

Nuttall, D.L. (1991) "Points that league tables must include", Times Educational Supplement Letters, December 29th, 1991

Nuttall, D.L. "An instrument to be honed" Platform, Times Educational Supplement, Sept.13th 1991

Nuttall, D.L., Thomas, S. and Goldstein, H. (1992) "Association of Metropolitan Authorities Project on putting Examination results in context. Report on analysis of 1990 examination results."

Nuttall, D.L. and Goldstein, H. (1992) "Value Added survey", Guardian Newspaper, Tuesday June 2nd, 1992,

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OFSTED, (1992), "Framework for the inspection of schools - a summary by the Centre for Assessment Studies, University of Bristol School of Education

OFSTED, (1994) "Improving Schools", HMSO, London

Ouston, J., Maughan, B., "Issues in the Assessment of School Outcomes", included in Reynolds, D. (1985) "Studying School Effectiveness", Lewes, Falmer Press

Ouston, J., Maughan, B. and Rutter, M. (1991) "Can Schools Change? II: Practice in Six London Secondary Schools", School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1991, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 3-13

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Parlett, M. and Hamilton, D., (1972) "Evaluation as Illumination: a new approach to the study of innovatory programmes", Studies in School Self-Evaluation, also in Occasional paper No. 9, Centre for Research in the Educational Sciences, Edinburgh

Paterson, L. "An introduction to Multilevel Modelling", Chapter 2 in Raudenbush, S.W. &Willms, J.D., editors, 1991, "Schools, Classrooms and Pupils: International Studies of Schooling from a Multilevel Perspective," Academic Press, New York

Plewis, I., Gray, J., Fogleman, K., Mortimore, P., Byford, D. and discussants (1981) "Publishing School Examination Results: A discussion" Bedford Way Papers No.5

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QCA, "Value Added Measures in School Performance Tables - Consultation paper", March 1998, QCA Publications, PO Box 235, Hayes, Middlesex

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Ranson, Gray, Jesson, Jones, "Exams in context: Values and power in educational accountability" included in Nuttall, D. editor, (1986) "Assessing Educational Achievement", Lewes, Falmer Press

Raudenbush, S.W. and Willms, J.D. eds. (1991) "Schools, Classrooms and Pupils: International Studies of Schooling from a Multi-level Perspective", New York: Academic Press
chap.1 Raudenbush and Willms, chap.2 Paterson, chap.5 Plewis,
chap.6 Fitz-Gibbon C.T., "Multilevel modelling in an Indicator system"
chap.7 Paterson

Reynolds, David (Editor) (1985), "Studying School Effectiveness", Lewes: Falmer Press esp.
"Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to studies of School and Teacher Effectiveness", by Gray, J. and Jones, B. p.103-115
"Examination results in mixed and single-sex secondary schools", by Steedman, J. p.87-101
"Issues in the assessment of school outcomes", by Ouston, J. and Maughan, B. p.38-44

Reynolds, D., Davie, R. and Phillips, D. (1989) "The Cardiff Programme: An effective school improvement project based upon school effectiveness research." The International Journal of Educational Research, 13, 801-814

Reynolds, D. and Cuttance, P. (editors) (1992) "School Effectiveness: Research, Policy and Practice", Cassell, London

Reynolds, D., Hopkins, D. &Stoll, L. (1993) "Linking School Effectiveness Knowledge and School Improvement Practice: Towards a Synergy", School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1993, Vol.4, No.1 pp.37-58

Richmond, J. (1996). 'Quantitative measures of secondary school performance using school-level data', Educational Management and Administration, 24, 2, 151-62.

Riley, K. &Nuttall, D. (editors) (1994) "Measuring Quality: Education Indicators - United Kingdom and International Perspectives" Falmer Press, London. ISBN 0-7507-0261-3

Rutter, M., Maughan, B., Mortimore, P., Ouston, J., and Smith, A., (1979) "Fifteen Thousand Hours: secondary schools and their effects on children." London: Open Books.

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Sammons P., Nuttall D. &Cuttance P. "Differential School Effectiveness: results from a re-analysis of the Inner London Education Authority's Junior School Project Data", British Educational Research Journal, Vol.19 No.4 1993

Sammons, P., Mortimore, P., and Hillman, J. (1996). "Key characteristics of effective schools: a response to peddling feel-good fictions", Forum, 38, 3, 88-90.

Satterly, D. second edition (1989) "Assessment in Schools", Blackwell

SCAA, (1994), "Value-added performance indicators for schools: A report by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority to the Secretary of State for Education", SCAA Publications, London. ISBN 1 85838 045 6

SCAA, (1996), "GCSE Results Analysis: An analysis of the 1995 GCSE results and trends over time",SCAA Publications, ISBN 1 85838 099 5

SCAA, (1996), "GCE Results Analysis: An analysis of the 1995 GCE results and trends over time",SCAA Publications, ISBN 1 85838 100 2

SCAA, (1996), "Standards in Public Examinations 1975 to 1995: A report on English, Mathematics and Chemistry examinations over time", SCAA Publications, ISBN 1 85838 215 7

Smith, D.J. and Tomlinson, S. (1989) "The School Effect: A Study of Multi-racial Comprehensives", London, Policy Studies Institute

Steedman, J. (1983) "Examination results in selective and non-selective schools", National Children's Bureau

Steedman, J. (1984), "Examination Results in Mixed and Single Sex Secondary Schools: Findings from the National Child Development Study",Manchester, Equal Opportunities Commission and included in Reynolds, David (Editor) (1985), "Studying School Effectiveness"Lewes: Falmer Press

Stoll, L., Myers, K. &Harrington, J. (1994), "Linking School Effectiveness and School Improvement Through Action Projects" Paper presented as part of the symposium,"School Effectiveness and School Improvement: Bridging the Divide" at the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Oxford, September 8-11,1994

Stoll, L. and Fink, D. (1996). Changing our Schools. Buckingham: Open University Press.

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Thomas, S. &Mortimore, P., (1996) "Comparison of value-added models for secondary-school effectiveness", Research Papers in Education 11(1) 1996 pp. 5-33

Thomas, S., Sammons, P. &Smees, R., (1997),"Stability and Consistency in Secondary Schools' Effects on Students' GCSE Outcomes over Three Years",School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Vol.8 No.2, pp. 198-218

Torrance, H., (1986),"What can examinations contribute to school evaluation?", Educational Review, Vol. 38 No.1 pp.31-43, included in "Evaluating Education: Issues and Methods", Murphy, R. and Torrance, H., editors, Open University.

Trower, P. and Vincent, L, (1995), "Value Added National Project: Technical Report - Secondary", SCAA Publications, Hayes, Middlesex

Tymms, P.B. (Sept 1992) "Accountability - can it be fair?", Research seminar: the ALIS project, CEM Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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Willms, J.D. (1985) "The balance thesis: contextual effects of ability on pupils' 'O' grade examination results", Oxford Review of Education, 11,1

Willms, J.D. and Raudenbush, S.W. (1989) "A longitudinal hierarchical linear model for estimating school effects and their stability", Journal of Educational Measurement, 26, 1-24

Willms, J.D. (1992), "Monitoring School Performance: A Non-technical Guide for Educational Administrators", Lewes, Falmer Press.

Wood, Robert (1987), "Measurement and Assessment in Education and Psychology: Collected papers 1967-1987",London,Falmer Press esp.
Examinations Research p.37-44
    Verbal Test D - A review p.168-176
    Aspects of the Competence - Performance distinction: Educational, Psychological and Measurement Issues p.249-267

Wood, R., "Agenda for Educational Measurement", included in Nuttall, D. editor, (1986) "Assessing Educational Achievement" , Falmer Press, Lewes.

Woodhouse, G. and Goldstein, H. (1988) "Educational Performance Indicators and LEA League Tables", Oxford, Review of Education, 14

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