Detection and Characterization of Highly Effective Schools in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country Using Contextualized Cross- Sectional Attainment Models and Hierarchical Linear Models
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of this work is the identifi cation and characterization of highly effective schools in the Basque Autonomous Community. As criterion variables the scores in 2009 and 2010 Diagnostic Assessments in Spanish language, Basque language and Mathematics are used. Schools are considered as highly effective when there average performance is higher than the expected score once the effects of contextual variables have been controlled using hierarchical linear models. As a result, of the nearly 600 analyzed schools, 32 were identifi ed whose characteristics refl ect the diversity of the Basque educational system.
Source: Estudios sobre Educación
Institution: University of the Basque Country
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1574483586