Laura S Hamilton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4581199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura S Hamilton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura S |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamilton |
| SIGNATURE | HAMILTON L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3259-8046 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Teachers’ perceptions of culturally responsive personalised learning
This study explored teachers’ perceptions of culturally responsive personalised learning (CRPL), a pedagogical approach which draws on practices associated with personalised learning and culturally responsive teaching to integrate students’ contexts into teaching. CRPL emphasises adapting teaching to meet students’ individual needs, fostering student engagement and agency, and promoting equity and inclusion in education. Drawing from a nationally…
“The People Who Leave Here Are Not the People Who Arrived.”: A Qualitative Analysis of the Therapeutic Process and Identity Transition in the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway
Individuals with personality disorder are often construed as difficult to treat, and sometimes even “untreatable.” In this study, 24 men who had completed treatment on the offender personality disorder treatment pathway participated in focus groups at a high-security prison in the United Kingdom. The results of the data analysis revealed three superordinate themes that captured the impact and experience of the therapeutic process. The three theme…
Media Literacy Education to Counter Truth Decay: An Implementation and Evaluation Framework
Media literacy (ML) education has emerged as a promising approach to slow Truth Decay, described as the diminishing role of facts, data, and analysis in political and civil discourse. However, teachers report a lack of guidance about implementing ML education, and rigorous research about what kinds of ML education work best remains limited. To address these gaps, this report presents a framework for implementing and evaluating ML educational effo…
Priming the Leadership Pipeline: School Performance and Climate Under an Urban School Leadership Residency Program
Purpose: This study examines school climate and student achievement trends under an ambitious school leadership residency program in an urban school district. The 2-year leadership residencies were intensive, combining at least 370 hours of professional development with on-the-job training, in which aspiring school principals held either assistant-level administrative or teacher leadership roles. Research Design: Using a difference-in-differences…
The whole is more than the sum of its parts – assessing writing using the consensual assessment technique
Evaluating the impact of Academic Literacies teaching (Lea and Street [1998. “Student Writing in Higher Education: An Academic Literacies Approach.” Studies in Higher Education 23 (2): 157–72. doi:10.1080/03075079812331380364]) is difficult, as it involves gauging whether writers (1) gain better understanding of what influences written social interactions, and (2) improve their ability to manipulate language to address readers. Self-report can as…
Preparing Children and Youth for Civic Life in the Era of Truth Decay: Insights from the American Teacher Panel
Nationally representative survey results demonstrate how social studies teachers in U.S. public schools promote students' civic learning, teachers' beliefs about the importance of civic-related topics and skills, and which conditions they perceive as supporting or hindering civic education. This report, which is part of the Truth Decay initiative, extends analyses presented in other reports in the series
Standards-Based Accountability in the United States: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Standards-based accountability (SBA) has been a primary driver of education policy in the United States for several decades. Although definitions of SBA vary, it typically includes standards that indicate what students are expected to know and be able to do, measures of student attainment of the standards, targets for performance on those measures, and a set of consequences for schools or educations based on performance. Research on SBA indicates…
Assistance and Accountability in Externally Managed Schools: The Case of Edison Schools, Inc
Edison Schools, Inc., is the largest and most visible among a growing number of Education Management Organizations that have entered into contracts to manage public schools, including both conventional and charter schools. Edison's approach to managing schools is comprehensive, and it distinguishes itself from most other school improvement strategies by simultaneously addressing both the resources and assistance provided to schools and the accoun…
Hidden Curriculum
The hidden curriculum refers to the unofficial rules, routines, and structures of schools through which students learn behaviors, values, beliefs, and attitudes. Elements of the hidden curriculum do not appear in schools” written goals, formal lesson plans, or learning objectives although they may reflect culturally dominant social values and ideas about what schools should teach. Of the three major approaches to the hidden curriculum, the functi…
Measuring child–staff ratios in child care centers: Balancing effort and representativeness
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: IV Nels:88 Science Achievement to 12th Grade
This study is fourth in a series demonstrating that achievement tests are multidimensional and that using psychologically meaningful subscores in national education surveys can enhance test validity and usefulness. It carries the analysis of the NELS:88 science test through to the 12th grade. The test was subjected to full information item factor analysis. Factors reflecting quantitative science, spatial-mechanical reasoning, and basic knowledge …
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: IV. Nels:88 Science Achievement to 12th Grade
E. Michael Nussbaum, Laura S. Hamilton, Richard E. Snow, Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: IV. NELS:88 Science Achievement to 12th Grade, American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Spring, 1997), pp. 151-173
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: I. Nels:88 Mathematics Achievement
Haggai Kupermintz, Michele M. Ennis, Laura S. Hamilton, Joan E. Talbert, Richard E. Snow, Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: I. NELS:88 Mathematics Achievement, American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Autumn, 1995), pp. 525-554
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: II. Nels:88 Science Achievement
This study is second in a series demonstrating that achievement tests are multidimensional and that using psychologically meaningful subscores in national educational surveys can enhance test validity and usefulness. NELS:88 8th- and l0th-grade science tests were subjected to full information item factor analysis. Factors reflecting everyday knowledge, scientific reasoning, chemistry knowledge, and reasoning with knowledge were obtained in 8th gr…
In Dedication: Leigh Burstein
This study demonstrates that the validity and usefulness of mathematics achievement tests can be improved by defining psychologically meaningful subscores that yield differential relations with student, teacher, and school variables. The NELS:88 8th- and 10th-grade math tests were subjected to full information item factor analysis. Math knowledge and math reasoning factors were distinguished at both grade levels. Regression analyses showed that s…
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: II. Nels:88 Science Achievement
This study is second in a series demonstrating that achievement tests are multidimensional and that using psychologically meaningful subscores in national educational surveys can enhance test validity and usefulness. NELS:88 8th- and l0th-grade science tests were subjected to full information item factor analysis. Factors reflecting everyday knowledge, scientific reasoning, chemistry knowledge, and reasoning with knowledge were obtained in 8th gr…
Measuring child–staff ratios in child care centers: Balancing effort and representativeness
Standards-Based Accountability in the United States: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Standards-based accountability (SBA) has been a primary driver of education policy in the United States for several decades. Although definitions of SBA vary, it typically includes standards that indicate what students are expected to know and be able to do, measures of student attainment of the standards, targets for performance on those measures, and a set of consequences for schools or educations based on performance. Research on SBA indicates…
Assistance and Accountability in Externally Managed Schools: The Case of Edison Schools, Inc
Edison Schools, Inc., is the largest and most visible among a growing number of Education Management Organizations that have entered into contracts to manage public schools, including both conventional and charter schools. Edison's approach to managing schools is comprehensive, and it distinguishes itself from most other school improvement strategies by simultaneously addressing both the resources and assistance provided to schools and the accoun…
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: I. Nels:88 Mathematics Achievement
Haggai Kupermintz, Michele M. Ennis, Laura S. Hamilton, Joan E. Talbert, Richard E. Snow, Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: I. NELS:88 Mathematics Achievement, American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Autumn, 1995), pp. 525-554
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: II. Nels:88 Science Achievement
This study is second in a series demonstrating that achievement tests are multidimensional and that using psychologically meaningful subscores in national educational surveys can enhance test validity and usefulness. NELS:88 8th- and l0th-grade science tests were subjected to full information item factor analysis. Factors reflecting everyday knowledge, scientific reasoning, chemistry knowledge, and reasoning with knowledge were obtained in 8th gr…
In Dedication: Leigh Burstein
This study demonstrates that the validity and usefulness of mathematics achievement tests can be improved by defining psychologically meaningful subscores that yield differential relations with student, teacher, and school variables. The NELS:88 8th- and 10th-grade math tests were subjected to full information item factor analysis. Math knowledge and math reasoning factors were distinguished at both grade levels. Regression analyses showed that s…
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: IV Nels:88 Science Achievement to 12th Grade
This study is fourth in a series demonstrating that achievement tests are multidimensional and that using psychologically meaningful subscores in national education surveys can enhance test validity and usefulness. It carries the analysis of the NELS:88 science test through to the 12th grade. The test was subjected to full information item factor analysis. Factors reflecting quantitative science, spatial-mechanical reasoning, and basic knowledge …
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: IV. Nels:88 Science Achievement to 12th Grade
E. Michael Nussbaum, Laura S. Hamilton, Richard E. Snow, Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: IV. NELS:88 Science Achievement to 12th Grade, American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Spring, 1997), pp. 151-173
Measuring child–staff ratios in child care centers: Balancing effort and representativeness
Hidden Curriculum
The hidden curriculum refers to the unofficial rules, routines, and structures of schools through which students learn behaviors, values, beliefs, and attitudes. Elements of the hidden curriculum do not appear in schools” written goals, formal lesson plans, or learning objectives although they may reflect culturally dominant social values and ideas about what schools should teach. Of the three major approaches to the hidden curriculum, the functi…
Assistance and Accountability in Externally Managed Schools: The Case of Edison Schools, Inc
Edison Schools, Inc., is the largest and most visible among a growing number of Education Management Organizations that have entered into contracts to manage public schools, including both conventional and charter schools. Edison's approach to managing schools is comprehensive, and it distinguishes itself from most other school improvement strategies by simultaneously addressing both the resources and assistance provided to schools and the accoun…
Standards-Based Accountability in the United States: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Standards-based accountability (SBA) has been a primary driver of education policy in the United States for several decades. Although definitions of SBA vary, it typically includes standards that indicate what students are expected to know and be able to do, measures of student attainment of the standards, targets for performance on those measures, and a set of consequences for schools or educations based on performance. Research on SBA indicates…
Preparing Children and Youth for Civic Life in the Era of Truth Decay: Insights from the American Teacher Panel
Nationally representative survey results demonstrate how social studies teachers in U.S. public schools promote students' civic learning, teachers' beliefs about the importance of civic-related topics and skills, and which conditions they perceive as supporting or hindering civic education. This report, which is part of the Truth Decay initiative, extends analyses presented in other reports in the series
Media Literacy Education to Counter Truth Decay: An Implementation and Evaluation Framework
Media literacy (ML) education has emerged as a promising approach to slow Truth Decay, described as the diminishing role of facts, data, and analysis in political and civil discourse. However, teachers report a lack of guidance about implementing ML education, and rigorous research about what kinds of ML education work best remains limited. To address these gaps, this report presents a framework for implementing and evaluating ML educational effo…
Priming the Leadership Pipeline: School Performance and Climate Under an Urban School Leadership Residency Program
Purpose: This study examines school climate and student achievement trends under an ambitious school leadership residency program in an urban school district. The 2-year leadership residencies were intensive, combining at least 370 hours of professional development with on-the-job training, in which aspiring school principals held either assistant-level administrative or teacher leadership roles. Research Design: Using a difference-in-differences…
The whole is more than the sum of its parts – assessing writing using the consensual assessment technique
Evaluating the impact of Academic Literacies teaching (Lea and Street [1998. “Student Writing in Higher Education: An Academic Literacies Approach.” Studies in Higher Education 23 (2): 157–72. doi:10.1080/03075079812331380364]) is difficult, as it involves gauging whether writers (1) gain better understanding of what influences written social interactions, and (2) improve their ability to manipulate language to address readers. Self-report can as…
“The People Who Leave Here Are Not the People Who Arrived.”: A Qualitative Analysis of the Therapeutic Process and Identity Transition in the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway
Individuals with personality disorder are often construed as difficult to treat, and sometimes even “untreatable.” In this study, 24 men who had completed treatment on the offender personality disorder treatment pathway participated in focus groups at a high-security prison in the United Kingdom. The results of the data analysis revealed three superordinate themes that captured the impact and experience of the therapeutic process. The three theme…
Teachers’ perceptions of culturally responsive personalised learning
This study explored teachers’ perceptions of culturally responsive personalised learning (CRPL), a pedagogical approach which draws on practices associated with personalised learning and culturally responsive teaching to integrate students’ contexts into teaching. CRPL emphasises adapting teaching to meet students’ individual needs, fostering student engagement and agency, and promoting equity and inclusion in education. Drawing from a nationally…
Psychology (13 works) · Mathematics education (10 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Academic achievement (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Psychometrics (5 works) · Achievement test (4 works) · Cartography (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works)