Leonidas Kyriakides is Associate Professor in Educational Research and Evaluation at the University of Cyprus. His field of research and scholarship is the evaluation of educational
effectiveness, whether of teachers, schools or educational systems. Currently his research agenda is concerned with the development of a dynamic model of educational effectiveness, and the
application of effectiveness research to the improvement of educational practice. He has been involved in several international projects to increase the quality in education and was also
responsible for developing the national reform policy on teacher and school evaluation in Cyprus. He is member of the editorial board of various international journals with referee system and book
review editor of the School Effectiveness and School Improvement journal. He is also the coordinator of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on “Educational Effectiveness” of the
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Leonidas acted as chair of the SIG on “School Effectiveness and School Improvement” of the American Educational
Research Association (AERA) and as a board member of the International Congress on School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). He is the author of more than 90 papers, 8 books, and 50 chapters in
books. His most recent book (with Bert Creemers) is Improving Quality in Education: Dynamic Approaches to School Improvement, Routledge, 2012.
Correspondence Address:
Leonidas Kyriakides, Department of Education, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, Telephone: 0035722892947, Fax: 0035722894488, e-mail: kyriakid@ucy.ac.cy
