Books by Jaap Scheerens

This book examines the global movement of putting more emphasis on students' social and emotional development in education. a discussion in which attention is given to political and ethical questions about the desirability of treating social and emotional attributes as educational goals.

This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. The book presents a systemic outlook on educational effectiveness and improvement, as it starts out from an integrated multi-level model that comprises system level, school level and instructional conditions.

This book provides a thorough review of the research literature on the effect of school size in primary and secondary education on three types of outcomes: student achievement, non-cognitive outcomes and costs per student.