SIG-School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Erin Casey, University of Oklahoma

Intelligence, Family Background, and Gender as Drivers of Socioeconomic Success: Exploring the Case of Germany - Michael Becker, German Institute for International Educational Research; Jurgen Baumert, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Julia Tetzner, German Institute for International Educational Research; Kai Maaz; Olaf Koeller, Leibniz Institute for Science and Math Education

Positive Youth Development as an Improvement Resource in Odds-Beating High Schools - Catherine Kramer, University at Albany - SUNY; Kristen C. Wilcox, University at Albany - SUNY; Hal A. Lawson, University at Albany - SUNY

Students' Characteristics and the Probability of Participating in Specific Extracurricular Activities in German "All-Day Schools" - Wolfram Rollett, University of Education - Freiburg; Karin Lossen, TU Dortmund University; Heinz Günter Holtappels, TU Dortmund University; Katja Tillmann, TU Dortmund University

Exploring the Effect Sizes for Noncognitive Risk Factors on Academic Performance: The Relative Importance of Student and School Compositional Effects - Gregory J. Palardy, University of California - Riverside