A comprehensive framework for effective school improvement

The comprehensive framework was developed in the Effective School Improvement Project. The initial framework was based on an analysis of a range of theories and an additional analysis of case studies in the field of school improvement. A revision took place after an analytic confrontation of the initial framework with successful improvement projects. Also, country conferences for groups of researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers contributed to the revised version of the framework. The framework builds on earlier work in the field of school effectiveness and school improvement.