Search Results - "Sam Sims"

Universal Primary Free School Meals in London: Interim Report. Evaluation Report

Authors: Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) (United Kingdom) University College London (UCL) (United Kingdom) Mark Hardman et al.

Source: Education Endowment Foundation. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 89

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Eligibility, Educational Policy, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Family Attitudes, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Student Needs, Student Attitudes, Attendance, Student Behavior, Well Being, Financial Problems, Expenditures, Barriers

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (London)

Understanding the Decision (Not) to Become a Teacher: Evidence from Survey Experiments with Undergraduates in the UK and US. EdWorkingPaper No. 25-1354

Authors: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University Sam Sims Clare Routledge

Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 51

Sponsoring Agency: Gatsby Charitable Foundation (United Kingdom)

Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Undergraduate Students, Career Choice, Salaries, Work Environment, Personality Traits, Values, Incentives, Teacher Shortage, Individual Differences, Foreign Countries

Geographic Terms: United States, United Kingdom

Evaluating Teacher Recruitment Strategies: Using Fully Randomised Paired Conjoint Experiments. Evaluation Report

Authors: Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) (United Kingdom) Teacher Tapp (United Kingdom) Rebecca Allen et al.

Source: Education Endowment Foundation. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 78

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Employment, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Placement, Decision Making, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Employment Benefits, Teacher Attitudes

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)

Initial Estimates of Teacher Value-Added in English Primary Schools

Authors: John Jerrim Rebecca Allen Maria Palma Carvajal et al.

Source: British Educational Research Journal. 2025 51(6):2942-2963.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 22

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Value Added Models, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Influence, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Attendance, Barriers, Student Characteristics

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)

Experimental Education Research: Clarifying Why, How and When to Use Random Assignment. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-821

Authors: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University Sam Sims Jake Anders et al.

Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2023.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 27

Sponsoring Agency: National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) (United Kingdom)
University College London (UCL) (United Kingdom), Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)
Economic and Social Research Council (United Kingdom)
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (United Kingdom), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size, Quasiexperimental Design, Accuracy, Educational Theories, Models, Decision Making, Schemata (Cognition), Educational Experiments

Effective Teacher Professional Development: New Theory and a Meta-Analytic Test

Authors: Sam Sims Harry Fletcher-Wood Alison O'Mara-Eves et al.

Source: Review of Educational Research. 2025 95(2):213-254.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 42

Descriptors: Faculty Development, Theories, Educational Change, Teacher Motivation, Educational Practices, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Educational Research, Academic Achievement, Student Improvement

Testing for Sequential Bias in School Inspections

Authors: Christian Bokhove John Jerrim Maria Palma Carvajal et al.

Source: Oxford Review of Education. 2025 51(5):785-809.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 25

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation, Elementary Schools, Bias, Sequential Approach, Behavior Patterns

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)

Do Schools That Employ an Inspector Get Better Inspection Grades?

Authors: Christian Bokhove John Jerrim Sam Sims

Source: British Educational Research Journal. 2024 50(5):2383-2406.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 24

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inspection, Institutional Evaluation, Leaders, School Administration, Employment

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)

High Stakes Assessments in Primary Schools and Teachers' Anxiety about Work

Authors: John Jerrim Rebecca Allen Sam Sims

Source: Educational Assessment. 2024 29(2):59-74.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 16

Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Elementary School Teachers, Anxiety, Well Being, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, National Competency Tests, Grade 6, Grade 3, Grade 5, Differences, Stress Variables

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)

How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect the Anxiety of Teachers at Work?

Authors: John Jerrim Rebecca Allen Sam Sims

Source: Educational Review. 2024 76(5):1134-1157.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 24

Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Welfare, Gender Differences, Tenure, Mental Health, Teacher Characteristics, Barriers, In Person Learning, Distance Education

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)

Are Some School Inspectors More Lenient than Others?

Authors: Christian Bokhove John Jerrim Sam Sims

Source: School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 2023 34(4):419-441.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 23

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Quality, Government Employees, Individual Differences, Gender Differences, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)

The teacher gap: by Rebecca Allen and Sam Sims, London, Routledge, 2018, 156 pp., £14.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781138730892.

Authors: Ovenden-Hope, Tanya

Source: Journal of Education for Teaching. Feb2020, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p134-136. 3p.

Subjects: TEACHER Gap, The (Book), ALLEN, Rebecca, SIMS, Sam, TEACHERS, NONFICTION

Fixing the broken skills pipeline.

Source: Education Journal. 11/10/2020, Issue 431, p14-14. 1p.

Subject Terms: *Conferences & conventions, *Basic education, *Adults, *Employment, *Adult education, *English as a foreign language

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom

People: Sims, Sam

Take the culture shock out of teacher coaching: Asking colleagues to undertake one-to-one training with an 'instructor' to improve their teaching might meet with resistance at the outset. The key is to lay the groundwork by creating an environment that is supportive, fair and free from judgement

Authors: Goodrich, Josh

Source: TES: Magazine. 7/23/2021, Issue 5463, p34-35. 2p.

Subjects: TEACHER development, CAREER development, TEACHER training, PROFESSIONAL education, EFFECTIVE teaching

Case Of The Fallen Star: Caught in a Pentagon crossfire, a general resigns.

Source: TIME Magazine. 10/9/1978, Vol. 112 Issue 15, p37-37. 1p.

Subjects: Walker, Sam S., 1925-2015, Generals, Rogers, Bernard W., Alexander, Clifford L., Jr., 1933-2022, Resignation from public office, Public officers, Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024, Brown, Harold, 1927-2019, Demotions

Geographic Terms: United States

IHSA Boys State Track: How the meet unfolded for area athletes

Authors: KIMBALL, ANDERSON

Source: Herald & Review (Decatur, IL). 05/31/2025.

On board the last RAAF plane out of Saigon

Authors: Michael Ruffles and Kate Geraghty

Source: Sydney Morning Herald, The. 04/24/2025.

On the Case with...

Source: Public Relations Tactics. Dec2014, Vol. 21 Issue 12, p19-19. 1/3p.

Wherever locals go to vote, a bake sale can't be far away

Authors: Koster, Rick

Source: Day, The (New London, CT). 11/05/2019.

Student public relations firm from Oklahoma Christian University ranks among nation's best

Source: Daily Oklahoman, The (OK). 05/31/2016.