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creators_name: Mohamad Yusof , Mohd Nor
creators_id: yusoff@iab.edu.my
title: Potentials Of Contextual Value-Added Measures In Assisting Schools Become More Effective 
ispublished: pub
subjects: LB
divisions: JDP
full_text_status: public
keywords: Potentials Of Contextual Value-Added Measures In Assisting Schools Become More Effective 
abstract: In a modern society, schools have become very important entities because they form social institutions which interest many people and involve the role of various interest groups and stakeholders in the society'. The community where a school resides and the parents of children of those who go to that school will be proud if their school is categorised as a good school. Conversely, they will blame the school management if it does not perform well in terms of pupils' attainment or if the school's achievement fell below the average of the national standards2. As such, parents tend to choose schools for their good achievement records for their children'. In other words, parents and stakeholders place high expectations on schools. Therefore, it is only natural that school leaders and education authorities as well as every classroom teacher whether in the UK or Malaysia, would want their schools to be more effective than other schools so as to fulfil the high expectations of everyone in the community. 
Stakeholders' expectations among others, have been the key driving force for the growing interest among education researchers' in looking for answers to questions such as 'what is an effective school?', 'school effectiveness for whom? (Slee, et.al., 1998; Weindling, 1994), 'why do we need to have an effective school?', 'how to be an effective school?' and 'what is the accurate, appropriate, reliable and valid instrument to measure school effectiveness?" (see Sammons, et.al., 1997; Mortimore, 1991, 1998; Teddlie & Reynolds, 2000).

date: 2009
date_type: published
series: Educational Management and Leadership Series
publisher: Institut Aminuddin Baki
place_of_pub: Genting Highlands, Pahang
pages: 30
refereed: TRUE
editors_name: Nor Asiah, Ibrahim
editors_name: Nor Hasimah, Hashim
editors_name: Shadhana, Popatlal
editors_id: nora@iab.edu.my
editors_id: shima@iab.edu.my
editors_id: shadhana@iab.edu.my
citation:   Mohamad Yusof , Mohd Nor  (2009) Potentials Of Contextual Value-Added Measures In Assisting Schools Become More Effective.    Educational Management and Leadership Series .  Institut Aminuddin Baki, Genting Highlands, Pahang.      
document_url: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/266/1/POTENTIALS_OF_CONTEXTUAL_VALUE-ADDED_MEASURES_IN_ASSISTING_SCHOOLS_BECOME_MORE_EFFECTIVE.pdf