Research

2025-26 Publications & Presentations

• Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P., & Li, H. (2026). Leadership in school renewal: Examining consistency among three instruments measuring the orientation, principle, and implementation. International Journal of Educational Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-05-2026-0636
• Wu, H. & Shen, J. (2026). Validating the learning-centered school leadership framework for predicting student achievement: Evidence from meta-analysis. Journal of School Leadership, 36(1), 116-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/10526846251374239
• Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P., & Yuan, J. (2026). A canonical analysis model exploring contextualized principal leadership. International Journal of Education and Human Development.
• Ma, X., Shen, J., Reeves, P.,  Lobo-Dos-Santos, T. A & Li, H. (2026). To what extent do teachers and principals agree? Univariate and multivariate evidence on principal leadership and school leadership. School Effectiveness and School Improvement,37(2) 130-153. 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
• Feng, S., Shen, J., Wu, H., & Reeves, P. (2025). Understanding instruments measuring teacher leadership: A review. I. Thien, L.M. & P. Liu (Eds.), Understanding Teacher Leadership in Educational Change (pp.47-69). Routledge.
• 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.
• 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 Annual Meeting,
  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.