Research

My research interests and expertise include educational leadership and policy, equity and social justice, quantitative research methodologies, applied data science methods, and program evaluation. Below you will find a list of key publications highlighting my contributions across various areas of research. 

Principal leadership

  • Wu, H., & Shen, J. (2022). The association between principal leadership and student achievement: A multivariate meta-meta-analysis. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2021.100423

  • Wu, H., Shen, J., Reeves, P., Zheng, Y., Ryan, L. & Anderson, D. (2021). The relationship between reciprocal school-to-school collaboration and student academic achievement. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432211064436

  • Shen, J., Ma, X., Mansberger, N., Palmer, L. B., Burt, W., Leneway, R., Reeves, P., Poppink, S., McCrumb, D., Whiten, E., Gao, X., & Wu, H. (2021). Developing and validating an instrument measuring school renewal: Testing the factorial validity and reliability. International Journal of Leadership in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2021.1930187

  • Shen, J., Ma, X., Mansberger, N., Wu, H., Palmer, L. B., Poppink, S., & Reeves, P. (2021). The relationship between growth in principal leadership and growth in school performance: The teacher perspective. Studies in Educational Evaluation. 70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101023

  • Wu, H., Shen, J., Zhang, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2020). Examining the effect of principal leadership on student science achievement. International Journal of Science Education, 42(6), 1017-1039. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2020.1747664

  • Wu, H., Gao, X., & Shen, J. (2019). Principal leadership effects on student achievement: A multilevel analysis using Programme for International Student Assessment 2015 data. Educational Studies, 46(3), 316-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2019.1584853

Teacher leadership

  • Shen, J., Wu, H., Reeves, P., Zheng, Y., Ryan, & Anderson, D. (2021). The effect of teacher leadership on student achievement: A meta-analysis. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2020.100357 (co-first author)

  • Feng, S., Shen, J. Wu, H., & Reeves, P. An overview of instruments measuring teacher leadership. (book chapter, revised and resubmitted)

  • Roberts, L., Shen., J., Reeves, P., Ma, X., Wu, H., Wu, Q. (2023). How to enhance teachers’ school renewal leadership: Efforts and effects. Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education. 38(2): 203-220. https://doi.org/10.21315/apjee2023.38.2.11

Educational equity

  •  Wu, H., Shen, J., & Spybrook, J. (2020). Closing achievement gaps: Examining the roles of school background and process. Education and Urban Society. 53(8): 909-937. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013124521989447

  • Wu, H. (2017). Education justice: A pattern towards multi-perspective integration. Journal of Educational Science of Hunan Normal University, 02: 83-88. (In Chinese)

  • Kates, A. W., Wu, H., & Coryn, C. L. (2018). The effects of mobile phone use on academic performance: A meta-analysis. Computers & Education, 127: 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.08.012 

Program evaluation

  • Wu, H., Shen, J., Li, X., Johnson, M. R., & Krenn, H. Y. (2024). Great Start Readiness Program and children’s academic achievement: A longitudinal study. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01680-2

  • Wu, H., Shen, J., Jones, J., Gao, X., Zheng, Y., & Krenn, H. Y. (2019). Using logic model and visualization to conduct portfolio evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 74: 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.02.011

  • Gao, X., Shen, J., Wu, H. & Krenn, H. (2019). Evaluating program effects: Conceptualizing and demonstrating a typology. Evaluation and Program Planning, 72: 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.10.008

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