Bert P. M. Creemers is Professor and Director of the Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Groningen.

Leonidas Kyriakides is Associate Professor of Educational Research and Evaluation, Department of Education, University of Cyprus.

Pam Sammons is Professor of Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford.

Methodological Advances in Educational Effectiveness Research is an important new work by some of the leading researchers in the field of Educational Effectiveness Research (EER). The book provides a state of the art snapshot of the methodology of EER now and clearly demonstrates the way it is applied in both research and evaluation.

Part 1: The State of the Art of Educational Effectiveness: Challenges For Research Methodology 1: Background of Eer 2: Methodological Issues in Educational Effectiveness Research 3: Theory And Research: The Problem of Causality 4: Theory-Driven Evaluation Studies: Establishing Links Between Research, Policy and Practice Part 2: The Contribution of Different Methodological Orientations to the Development of Research and Evaluation on Educational Effectiveness 5: Longitudinal Designs 6: Experimental Studies in Education 7: Applications of Mixed Methods to the Field of Educational Effectiveness Research 8: Using Irt to Measure Outcomes and Factors: An Overview of Irt Models 9: Irt Models: Parameter Estimation, Statistical Testing and Application in Eer 10: Using Generalizability Theory 11: Multilevel Modelling 12: Structural Equation Modelling Techniques 13: Meta-Analyses of Effectiveness Studies Part 3: Methodological Advances And Eer: Retrospect & Prospect 14: Conclusions for the Development of Educational Effectiveness Research