High Impact Leadership (HIL) for School Renewal

College of Education and Human Development
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5229 USA
(269) 387-2960

HIL Publications

2024-25 Publications

  • Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P. & Li, H. (in press). To what extent do teachers and principals agree? Univariate and multivariate evidence on principal leadership and school leadership. School Effectiveness and School Improvement. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2025.2600305
  • Zheng, Y., Shen, J., Reeves, P., & Wu, H. (2025). The relationship between interschool social networks and student achievement. School Improvement and School Effectiveness 36 (1), 92-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2024.2429388
  • Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P., & Zhang, J. (2025). Validating an instrument measuring school renewal principles and practices via teachers. International Journal of Educational Studies, 8(3), 1-13.
  • Ma, X., Shen, J., Patricia Reeves, P., Li, H. (under review). Instruments measuring lea ership in school renewal: Examining consistency across orientation, principles, and practices, and implementation.
  • Shen, J., Reeves, P., Wu, H., Feng, S., & Lane, J. (under review). Facilitating school I provement under the renewal model: Learnings from two large, federal grant projects. Education Policy Analysis Archives.
  • Shen, J., Feng, S., Reeves, P., Ma, X., & Wu, H. (revise & resubmit). Predictive power of two instruments measuring school renewal. Journal of Educational Administration.
  • Zheng, Y., Shen, J., & Reeves, P. (May 2024). School-university partnership for school renewal: Reflections on three large, federally funded projects. Journal of Educational Administration. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-10-2023-0260
  • Shen, J. & Wu, H. (2024). The relationship between principal leadership and student achievement: A multivariate meta-analysis with an emphasis on conceptual models and methodological approaches. Educational Administration Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X241286527.
  • Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P., Wu, H., Roberts, L., Zheng, Y., & Chen, Q. (2024). The effect of “High Impact Leadership for School Renewal” on principal leadership, school leadership, and student achievement. Education Sciences. 14(6), 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14060600
  • Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P., Zhang, J. (2024). Weakening the achievement gap and strengthening school renewal: A multivariate multilevel approach incorporating changes among both students and teachers. Studies in Educational Evaluation. 81, 101341.
  • Wu, H. & Shen, J. (2024). Validating the learning-centered school leadership framework for predicting student achievement: Evidence from meta-analysis. School Leadership and Policy.

2025 Presentations

  • Shen, J., Feng, S., Reeves, P., Ma, X., and Wu, H. (2025, April 23-27). Predictive Power of Two School Renewal Instruments on School-Level Student Achievement [Roundtable]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
  • Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P., and Li, H. (2025, April 23-27). Leadership in School Renewal: Examining Consistency Among Three Instruments Measuring Orientation, Principle, and Implementation [Roundtable]. American Educational Research Association AnnualMeeting, Denver, CO.
  • Lane, J., Reeves, P., and Shen, J. (2025, November 19-22). Boundary Objects as Boundary Practices: The Joint Work of Constructing, Implementing, and Revising an RPP Artifact [Paper]. Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, San Juan, PR.
  • Reeves, P., and Shen, J. (2025, November 19-22). Developing a Consistent Line of Research Work With $55 Million External Funding Over 20 Years [Workshop]. Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, San Juan, PR.

For a full history of the team's research, read The Evolution of our Research on School Renewal (2006-present)