Importance and relevance of theories of school improvement and school effectiveness for educational institutions

Theories, frameworks and models of School effectiveness started from the 1970s to present time. There are different approaches to the theories in relation to school effectiveness. These theories ranged from those of Edmonds (1979), who has developed five factors/characteristics of school effectiveness, to those of Scheerens (2015).

Discuss the importance and relevance of theories of school improvement and school effectiveness for educational institutions.

Read the different theories. After that, work out a school improvement and school effectiveness theory/model/framework of your own. You should have more than five factors/characteristics. Choose any five of them, justify your choice and critically discuss how they can assist educational institutions to improve further with a view to becoming more effective.