Kenneth A Leithwood

Biographic Data

ID	5740089
NAME	Kenneth A Leithwood
GIVEN NAMES	Kenneth A
FAMILY NAME	Leithwood
SIGNATURE	LEITHWOOD K A
AFFILIATIONS	The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	7
TOTAL CITATIONS	9
AUTHOR COUNT	7
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2004
H-INDEX	2

Programs and Politics: The Local Uses of International Tests
Kenneth A Leithwood, Kenneth LeithwoodARTICLECurriculum Inquiry2004References: 6
This is the final article in a series prompted by Howard Russell's first paper, among Factors in Education. Curriculum Inquiry editors invited responses from Kenneth Travers, Senta Raizen, Patrick Griffin, and Stephen Heyneman. Russell reacted to these responses in a second article entitled Tranparency in Connections among Factors in Education. My commentary on these articles is based on a perspective that differs, at least in degree, from my fel…
Enhancing Knowledge Utilization as a Strategy for School Improvement
Open AccessJ Bradley Cousins, Kenneth A Leithwood et al.ARTICLEKnowledge1993Cited by: 4References: 25
The inability of either bottom-up or top-down strategies, by themselves, to provide suitable conditions for school improvement warrants a shift to school-focused knowledge use as a way to encourage such improvement. This study examines the influence of a large array of factors, derived from a knowledge utilization framework, on educators' use of several types of information for improvement purposes. Two hundred and thirty-three elementary school …
If Schools Matter, Can They Be Improved
Lorin W Anderson, Peter Mortimore et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher1990
Exploring the Influences on Principal Behavior
Donald M Trider, Kenneth A Leithwood et al.ARTICLECurriculum Inquiry1988Cited by: 1References: 2
What principals do and the effects they have on schools have been the object of much research over the past decade. Because some patterns of principals' practices have been demonstrated to have considerable impact on schools, it seems important to better understand the reasons for what principals do. The two studies reported in this paper looked for such reasons in the context of the implementation of a special education policy in the province of…
Current Empirical Research on Evaluation Utilization
Open AccessJ Bradley Cousins, Kenneth A Leithwood et al.ARTICLEReview of Educational Research1986
This paper reviews empirical research conducted during the past 15 years on the use of evaluation results. Sixty-five studies in education, mental health, and social services are described in terms of their methodological characteristics, their orientation toward dependent and independent variables, and the relationships between such variables. A conceptual framework is developed that lists 12 factors that influence use; six of these factors are …
Training Principals for School Improvement
Open AccessKenneth A Leithwood, Kenneth Leithwood et al.ARTICLEEducation and Urban Society1984Cited by: 3References: 6
Obstacles Preventing Principals from Becoming more Effective
Open AccessKenneth A Leithwood, Kenneth Leithwood et al.ARTICLEEducation and Urban Society1984Cited by: 1References: 7

Training Principals for School Improvement
Open AccessKenneth A Leithwood, Kenneth Leithwood et al.ARTICLEEducation and Urban Society1984Cited by: 3References: 6
Obstacles Preventing Principals from Becoming more Effective
Open AccessKenneth A Leithwood, Kenneth Leithwood et al.ARTICLEEducation and Urban Society1984Cited by: 1References: 7
Current Empirical Research on Evaluation Utilization
Open AccessJ Bradley Cousins, Kenneth A Leithwood et al.ARTICLEReview of Educational Research1986
This paper reviews empirical research conducted during the past 15 years on the use of evaluation results. Sixty-five studies in education, mental health, and social services are described in terms of their methodological characteristics, their orientation toward dependent and independent variables, and the relationships between such variables. A conceptual framework is developed that lists 12 factors that influence use; six of these factors are …
Exploring the Influences on Principal Behavior
Donald M Trider, Kenneth A Leithwood et al.ARTICLECurriculum Inquiry1988Cited by: 1References: 2
What principals do and the effects they have on schools have been the object of much research over the past decade. Because some patterns of principals' practices have been demonstrated to have considerable impact on schools, it seems important to better understand the reasons for what principals do. The two studies reported in this paper looked for such reasons in the context of the implementation of a special education policy in the province of…
If Schools Matter, Can They Be Improved
Lorin W Anderson, Peter Mortimore et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher1990
Enhancing Knowledge Utilization as a Strategy for School Improvement
Open AccessJ Bradley Cousins, Kenneth A Leithwood et al.ARTICLEKnowledge1993Cited by: 4References: 25
The inability of either bottom-up or top-down strategies, by themselves, to provide suitable conditions for school improvement warrants a shift to school-focused knowledge use as a way to encourage such improvement. This study examines the influence of a large array of factors, derived from a knowledge utilization framework, on educators' use of several types of information for improvement purposes. Two hundred and thirty-three elementary school …
Programs and Politics: The Local Uses of International Tests
Kenneth A Leithwood, Kenneth LeithwoodARTICLECurriculum Inquiry2004References: 6
This is the final article in a series prompted by Howard Russell's first paper, among Factors in Education. Curriculum Inquiry editors invited responses from Kenneth Travers, Senta Raizen, Patrick Griffin, and Stephen Heyneman. Russell reacted to these responses in a second article entitled Tranparency in Connections among Factors in Education. My commentary on these articles is based on a perspective that differs, at least in degree, from my fel…