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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to describe an alternative means of estimating school effectiveness, referred to as an “absolute year” of schooling and demonstrate its usefulness as a measure of school effectiveness in the middle grades. More specifically, the study investigated (a) whether the absolute schooling effect in math and reading outcomes varied across a statewide sample of 53 secondary schools (e.g., middle, intermediate) and (b) whether differences in school variables explained the variability in the absolute-schooling effect.
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Elias Ali is a high school principal in the Hawaii Department of Education. His research interests include school effects on student learning.
Ronald H. Heck is a professor of educational administration at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research interests include school leadership and school improvement.
