Concept and Design Developments in School Improvement Research Longitudinal, Multilevel and Mixed Methods and Their Relevance for Educational Accountability

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2021
• Series: Accountability and Educational Improvement
• Subjects: Education; Examinations & assessment; Organization & management of education; Accountability and evaluation systems; Administration, Organization and Leadership; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Conceptualizations of school improvement; Education: examinations & assessment; Educational administration & organization; Longitudinal methodology; Methodological approaches in school improvement; Mixed-methods design; Open Access; Organization and Leadership; Research in accountability; Research Methods in Education; School improvement research; Structure of educational systems
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• ISBN: 978-3-030-69345-9; 9783030693459
• Access: Open Access

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. More specifically, authors present one specific innovative methodological approach and clarify that approach with a concrete example in the context of school improvement, based on empirical data when possible. In this way, this book helps researchers designing complex useful studies.