SIG 18 Educational Effectiveness and Improvement

Coordinators

Hannah Bijlsma

Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium

SIG Coordinator

hannah.bijlsma@ru.nl

Beat Rechsteiner

Institute of Education, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich, Switzerland

SIG Coordinator

beat.rechsteiner@ife.uzh.ch

Myrthe Lubbers

University of Twente and Saxion Applied University, the Netherlands

SIG JURE Coordinator

m.e.c.lubbers@utwente.nl

Mission Statement

What does SIG 18 stand for?

Everyone would agree: Education matters! But what makes education effective and how can we improve it? Which ways can be employed to measure its effectiveness and improvement? SIG 18 provides a forum for discussing approaches related to answering such questions. We are researchers from different disciplines all over the world and are conducting research related to all educational settings using a variety of research methods. Examples of topics we are interested in are:

Developing and testing frameworks, models, and theories of what constitutes high quality teaching and schooling
Finding ways to measure teaching quality aspects from different perspectives
Linking educational effectiveness and improvement
Improving teaching quality and schooling based on interventions
Developing and applying adequate measurement approaches for complex educational processes Evaluating schools and educational systems
Analyzing how schools develop over time

What activities does SIG 18 pursue?

Organizing the SIG18 conference and the SIG18 JURE pre-conference biannually
Holding symposia at different conferences (e.g., EARLI, AERA, ICSEI, ECER)
Authoring and editing special issues and books
Implementing innovative formats for discussing hot topics

What do you get as a member of SIG 18?

Regular newsletters with SIG 18 specific information (e.g., members, publications) and information about the EARLI network in general
Opportunities for discussing hot topics with the community interested in educational effectiveness and improvement
Invitations to participate in symposia, special issues, and edited books

Please note that since autumn 2020, SIG 18 consists of the former SIG 18 Educational Effectiveness and SIG 23 Educational Accountability and Improvement.

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at any time: SIG18@earli.org

Upcoming Events

SIG 18 Conference 2026

Theme: Bridging Educational Effectiveness and Improvement Research - Scientific Foundations and Implementations in the Field of Practice
Dates: 9 - 11 September 2026
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Conference website

Newsletters

Past Conferences

2024 (SIG 18)

Theme: Promoting Educational Quality - The Contribution of Educational Effectiveness and Improvement Research
Date: 23 - 25 August 2024
Place: Nicosia, Cyprus
Conference website
Book of abstracts

2022 (SIG 18)

Theme: Diversity and inclusion as challenges for educational effectiveness and improvement
Date: September 5-7 2022
Place: Freiburg, Germany
Conference website

2020 (SIG 18 + 23) (postponed because of COVID-19; rescheduled to 2022)

Theme: Diversity and inclusion as challenges for educational effectiveness and improvement
Date: September 7-9 2020
Place: Freiburg, Germany

2018 (SIG 18 + 23)

Theme: Instructional Design and Technology for 21st century learning: Challenges, Solutions, & Future Direction
Date: 28 - 31 August 2018
Place: Groningen, Netherlands

2016 (SIG 18 + 23)

Theme: Closing the Gaps? Differential Accountability and Effectiveness as a Road to School Improvement
Date: 26 - 30 September 2016
Place: Oslo, Norway

2014 (only SIG 18)

Theme: Marrying rigour and relevance: towards effective education for all
Date: 27 - 29 August 2014
Place: Southampton, UK

2014 (only SIG 23)

Theme: The governance of school development in relation to accountability and evaluation systems
Date: 10 - 12 November 2014
Place: Bielefeld, Germany

2012 (only SIG 18)

Theme: From Theory to Theory. Empirical Analyses in Relation to Theoretical Models of Educational Effectiveness
Date: 29-31 August 2012
Place: Zurich, Switzerland

2010 (only SIG 18)

Theme: Educational Effectiveness: Models, Methods and Applications
Date: 25-27 August, 2010
Place: Leuven, Belgium

2008 (only SIG 18)

Theme: Educational Effectiveness: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges for Educational Research
Date: 28–30 August 2008
Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Previous Coordinators

Previous coordinators of the former SIG 18 “Educational Effectiveness”

A special note of thanks to all previous SIG 18 coordinators

2021 - 2023

Charalambos Charalambous (until August 2022)
Tobias Feldhoff (until August 2022)
Anna-Katharina Praetorius
Jerich Faddar
Hannah Bijlsma

2019 - 2021

Charalambos Charalambous
Anna-Katharina Praetorius
Hannah Bijlsma
Saskia Opalinski

2017 - 2019

Wolfram Rollet
Charalambos Charalambous
Saskia Opalinski

2015 - 2017

Daniel Muijs
Wolfram Rollet
Ariel Lindorff - Vinjayendran

2013 - 2015

Leonidas Kyriakides
Daniel Muijs
Ioulia Televantou

2011 - 2013

Pam Sammons
Leonidas Kyriakides
Mechteld Van Kuijk

2009 - 2011

Eckhard Klieme
Pam Sammons
Ioulia Televantou

2007 - 2009 (founded)

Jan Van Damme
John Ainley

Previous coordinators of the former SIG 23 “Accountability and Improvement”

A special note of thanks to all previous SIG 23 coordinators

2019 - 2020

Tobias Feldhoff
Jerich Faddar