Alec Kennedy
Biographic Data
| ID | 6509771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alec Kennedy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alec |
| FAMILY NAME | Kennedy |
| SIGNATURE | KENNEDY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-9977-3703 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The learning crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to education, with school closures affecting over one billion children. These closures, aimed at reducing virus transmission, resulted in significant learning losses, particularly in mathematics and science. Using data from TIMSS 2023, which assesses fourth and eighth-grade achievements across 71 education systems, this study analyzes the impact of school closure duration on learning outcomes. M…
Civic Education Outcomes After Emergency Lockdowns
In early 2020, nations around the globe responded to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic by implementing emergency containment measures to slow the spread of the virus. Educational systems were widely impacted as they made the difficult decision to close schools affecting over 1.5 billion students globally. This study aims to characterize the relationship between COVID-19 lockdown stringency and changes in several secondary student civic edu…
School climate and student achievement
Teacher quality and mathematics achievement gains
Student characteristics and mathematics achievement growth
Understanding how student characteristics are associated with learning outcomes is central to evaluating educational systems. However, international comparative evidence has relied largely on cross-sectional studies that do not account for prior achievement, thereby limiting insight into the roles of prior achievement, gender, and socioeconomic status. Using panel data from the TIMSS Longitudinal Study, this paper examines mathematics achievement…
Teaching quality
Trends in reading teacher shortage
Teacher shortages have emerged as a critical global issue, directly impacting international efforts to ensure equitable access to quality education. This study provides a comprehensive, longitudinal analysis of reading teacher shortages using data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) spanning 2001 to 2021. Drawing on principal-reported data across five survey cycles, we investigate trends in teacher shortages over two…
Teacher job satisfaction
Teacher job satisfaction is considered a crucial factor in retaining successful teachers in the workforce and for the general well-being of teachers. Understanding the relationship between school working conditions with job satisfaction is considered to be essential for enhancing teacher motivation, retention, and ultimately, student outcomes. Following the influential study by Toropova et al. (2021), the current study employs regression analysis…
The multidimensionality of school performance
The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 grants states and districts the flexibility to use multiple measures to assess school performance and strategically manage public schools for improvement in the United States. However, there is a lack of systematic, evidence-based guidance for practitioners on how to interpret the complex relationships between these multiple measures. Drawing on the organizational management literature on the multidimensiona…
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The multidimensionality of school performance
The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 grants states and districts the flexibility to use multiple measures to assess school performance and strategically manage public schools for improvement in the United States. However, there is a lack of systematic, evidence-based guidance for practitioners on how to interpret the complex relationships between these multiple measures. Drawing on the organizational management literature on the multidimensiona…
Teacher job satisfaction
Teacher job satisfaction is considered a crucial factor in retaining successful teachers in the workforce and for the general well-being of teachers. Understanding the relationship between school working conditions with job satisfaction is considered to be essential for enhancing teacher motivation, retention, and ultimately, student outcomes. Following the influential study by Toropova et al. (2021), the current study employs regression analysis…
The learning crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to education, with school closures affecting over one billion children. These closures, aimed at reducing virus transmission, resulted in significant learning losses, particularly in mathematics and science. Using data from TIMSS 2023, which assesses fourth and eighth-grade achievements across 71 education systems, this study analyzes the impact of school closure duration on learning outcomes. M…
Civic Education Outcomes After Emergency Lockdowns
In early 2020, nations around the globe responded to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic by implementing emergency containment measures to slow the spread of the virus. Educational systems were widely impacted as they made the difficult decision to close schools affecting over 1.5 billion students globally. This study aims to characterize the relationship between COVID-19 lockdown stringency and changes in several secondary student civic edu…
School climate and student achievement
Teacher quality and mathematics achievement gains
Student characteristics and mathematics achievement growth
Understanding how student characteristics are associated with learning outcomes is central to evaluating educational systems. However, international comparative evidence has relied largely on cross-sectional studies that do not account for prior achievement, thereby limiting insight into the roles of prior achievement, gender, and socioeconomic status. Using panel data from the TIMSS Longitudinal Study, this paper examines mathematics achievement…
Teaching quality
Trends in reading teacher shortage
Teacher shortages have emerged as a critical global issue, directly impacting international efforts to ensure equitable access to quality education. This study provides a comprehensive, longitudinal analysis of reading teacher shortages using data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) spanning 2001 to 2021. Drawing on principal-reported data across five survey cycles, we investigate trends in teacher shortages over two…
School Choice and Performance (6 works) · Academic achievement (5 works) · Educational Assessment and Improvement (4 works) · Longitudinal study (4 works) · Achievement test (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Student achievement (3 works) · Classroom climate (2 works) · Educational research (2 works)