SIG-School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Michael A. Gottfried, University of California - Santa Barbara

High-Achieving Students’ Psychosocial Development and Effects of the Transition Into Academically Selective Schools - Michael Becker, German Institute for International Educational Research; Marko Neumann, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Kai Maaz, Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Does School Tracking Have an Impact on the Development of Students’ Intelligence? - Karin Guill, Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education; Olaf Koeller, Leibniz Institute for Science and Math Education

Preservice Teachers’ Teaching Behavior and Pupils’ Academic Engagement: A Potential Evidence-Based Standard for Assessment in Teacher Education? - Michelle Helms-Lorenz, University of Groningen; Ridwan Maulana, University of Groningen; Wim van de Grift, University of Groningen

Accountable for Caring: Cultivating Teachers Who Care in Urban High Schools - Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Danielle Allen, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Measuring the Effectiveness Status of Schools in Promoting Equity: Secondary Analyses of Five Effectiveness Studies - Evi Charalambous, Department of Education, University of Cyprus; Leonidas Kyriakides, University of Cyprus; Anastasia Panayiotou, University of Cyprus; Bert Creemers, University of Groningen; Margarita Christoforidou, Cyprus International Institute of Management

Searching for the Impact of National Educational Policy on Student Outcomes: An International Effectiveness Study - Maria P. Georgiou, University of Cyprus; Anastasia Panayiotou, University of Cyprus; Bert Creemers, University of Groningen