AERA Has Accepted the Paper of Dr. Ke Zheng

On November 6, Dr. Ke Zheng has received an e-mail notification from chairman of the conference in 2013 of American Educational Research Association(AERA). Dr. Ke obtained permission to report his study,”Is There The Key School Advantage Independent of Quality of Students and Teachers? : Empirical Study of School Operation, Instructional Leadership and Sector Effects in China” in 2013 annual conference, and his report was scheduled in the paper session, “Teachers, Student Learning, and School Improvement”. This study is an important research result of “Learning and curriculum”, one of the major projects in ICI, which is held by Prof. Ren Youqun.

E-mail notification(main point) is as follows:

Dear Ke Zheng,

I am pleased to inform you that your paper, "Is There The Key School Advantage Independent of Quality of Students and Teachers? : Empirical Study of School Operation, Instructional Leadership and Sector Effects in China," submitted for consideration for the 2013 AERA Annual Meeting has been accepted. Congratulations on this accomplishment. AERA received more than 13,000 submissions this year. To ensure the highest quality papers presented at the Annual Meeting, your submission was reviewed by highly qualified reviewers serving on a review panel constituted by the Division A - Administration, Organization and Leadership/Section 2: School Organization and Effects.

The AERA meeting offers a number of session formats to feature high quality research and scholarly work. Your paper has been placed in a Paper Session session titled, “Teachers, Student Learning, and School Improvement”. Each format involves different expectations about the mode of presentation (see AERA website). The program schedule, which will include information on the date, time, and location of your session, will be available early February.

If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact the AERA Meetings Team at annualmtg@aera.net or 202-238-3200. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.

Cordially,

Kristen Renn

2013 AERA General Program Chair