In 2002 David Hopkins was appointed Head of the Government's Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the DfES, taking over from Michael Barber. In the same year, David Reynolds was awarded a CBE for his work for the Numeracy Task Force.

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• Chapter 1 School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Robert Bollen; Chapter 2 The Goals of School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Bert Creemers; Chapter 3 The School Effectiveness Knowledge Base, Bert Creemers; Chapter 4 The School Improvement Knowledge Base, David Hopkins, Nijs Lagerweij; Chapter 5 Merging School Effectiveness and School Improvement, David Reynolds, Louise Stoll; Chapter 6 Merging School Effectiveness and School Improvement Practical Examples, Louise Stoll, David Reynolds, Bert Creemers, David Hopkins;