This collection brings together many of David Reynolds' influential and thought-provoking pieces. Drawing on the author's work from over three decades, the individual article, paper and book extracts combine to give a valuable overview of how school effectiveness is both perceived and changing.

@contents: Selected Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: School Effectiveness and School Improvement in Retrospect, 1971-2010; and Prospect, 2010 Onwards 2. The Delinquent School 3. The Study and Remediation of Ineffective Schools: Some Further Reflections 4. The Truth, The Whole-Class Truth 5. World Class Schools 6. Teacher Effectiveness: Better Teachers, Better Schools 7. School Effectiveness and Teacher Effectiveness in Mathematics: Some Preliminary Findings from the Evaluation of the Mathematics Enhancement Programme Primary 8. The High Reliability Schools Project - Some Preliminary Results and Analyses 9. The Remit and Methods of the Numeracy Task Force 10. School Improvement for Schools Facing Challenging Circumstances 11. What Leaders Need to Know About Teacher Effectiveness 12. Schools Learning From Their Best - The Within School Variation Project 13. The Future Agenda For School Effectiveness Research 14. How Can Recent Research In School Effectiveness and School Improvement Inform Our Thinking About Educational Policies? 15. What Do We Want Our Educational System To Look Like: What Do We Need To Do To Make It Happen? References