Literature reviews and reports on student outcomes and educational facilities

Design Council (2005), “The Impact of School Environments. A Literature Review”.

Earthman, G. (2002), “School Facility Conditions and Student Academic Achievement”,

UCLA/IDEA, University of California.

Earthman, G. (2004), “Prioritisation of 31 Criteria for School Building Adequacy”.

Earthman, G. and L. Lemasters (1996), “Review of Research on the Relationship between School
Buildings, Student Achievement, and Student Behaviour”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Council of Educational Facility Planners.

Fisher, K. (2000), “Building Better Outcomes. The Impact of School Infrastructure on Student
Outcomes and Behaviour”, Schools Issues Digest, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs,
Australian Government.

OECD (2006a), “Exploring Possible Synergies between PEB and the Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA)”, Paper presented to the PEB Governing Board at its 37th Session.

OECD (2004), Learning for Tomorrow’s World: First Results from PISA 2003, OECD, Paris.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers (2000), “Building Performance: An Empirical Assessment of the

Relationship between Schools Capital Investment and Pupil Performance“, Department for Education and
Skills, United Kingdom.www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR407.pdf.

Conceptual frameworks for evaluating quality in educational facilities

DfES (2004), Transforming Schools: An Inspirational Guide to Remodelling Secondary Schools,

DfES, London.

Building Research Establishment (BRE) (2005), Schools Environmental Assessment Method, BRE,
Watford.

Fielding, R. (2006), “Best Practice in Action: Six Essential Elements that Define Educational Facility
Design”, CEFPI Planner, December.

Hawkins, H.L. and H.E. Lilley (1998), Guide for School Facility Appraisal, Council for Educational
Facility Planners, International, Scottsdale.

OECD (2005a), “Evaluating Quality in Educational Facilities”, PEB Exchange, No. 57, February.
www.oecd.org/edu/facilities/evaluatingquality.

Preiser, W. and J.C. Vischer (Eds.) (2005), Assessing Building Performance, Elsevier, Oxford.

Local or national performance standards and design indicators

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) (2006), “Assessing Secondary
School Design Quality”, London. www.cabe.org.uk/AssetLibrary/8736.pdf.

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 DfES and CABE (2005), Picturing School Design. A Visual Guide to Secondary School Buildings and
their Surroundings using the Design Quality Indicators for Schools, CABE, London.

Qualitative research tools (including Post-Occupancy Evaluation )

Higher Education Funding Council for Europe (HEFCE), Association of University Directors of
Estates (AUDE) and University of Westminster (2006), “Guide to Post-Occupancy Evaluation”, London.
www.aude.ac.uk/uploads/POE%20Brochure%20Final%2006.pdf.

Lackney, J. (2001), “The State of Post-Occupancy Evaluation in the Practice of Educational Design”,
paper presented to Environmental Design Research Association, EDRA 32, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 July
2001.

Ministry of Education, New Zealand (2004), “Best Practice in Classroom Design”, AC Neilsen.
www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=10367&data=l.

Ornstein, S. (1997), “Post-Occupancy Evaluation Performed in Elementary and High Schools pf

Greater São Paulo, Brazil: The Occupants and the Quality of the School Environment”, Environment and
Behaviouriou, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 236-263.

Sanoff, H. (2001), “School Building Assessment Methods”, NCEF, Washington, D.C.

edfacilities.org/pubs/sanoffassess.pdf.

Scottish Executive (2006), Post-Occupancy Evaluation. Braes High School, Falkirk, Scottish
Executive, Edinburgh. www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/01/23112827.

Watson, C. (2003), “Review of Building Quality Using Post Occupancy Evaluation”, PEB Exchange,
February.

Zimring, C., M. Rashid and K. Kampschroer (2005), “Facility Performance Evaluation (FPE)”,
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), Washington. www.wbdg.org/design/fpe.php.

Case study-based approaches

OECD (2006b), 3rd Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities, OECD, Paris.

www.oecd.org/edu/facilities.

CEFPI school design awards (www.cefpi.org).

DesignShare awards (www.designshare.com).

Research themes on the physical learning environment

Theme 1. Physical comfort in the physical learning environment

Air quality and thermal comfort (temperature and humidity)

Myhrvold, A.N., E. Olsen and O. Lauridsen (1996), “Indoor Environment in Schools – Pupils Health
and Performance in regard to CO2 Concentrations”, Indoor Air, The Seventh International Conference on
Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Vol. 4, pp. 369-371.

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 Rosen, K.G. and G. Richardson (1999), “Would Removing Indoor Air Particulates in Children’s
Environments Reduce the Rate of Absenteeism? A Hypothesis”, The Science of the Total Environment,
Vol. 234, pp. 87-93.

Smedje, G. and D. Norback (2001), “Irritants and Allergens at School in Relation to Furnishings and
Cleaning”, Indoor Air, Vol. 11, pp. 127–133.

Rittelmeyer, P.C. (1992), “Healthy Schools”, Paper presented at an international seminar organised by
the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Art, the Austrian Institute for School and Sports Facilities
and OECD, Vienna, Austria, 508 October 1992.

Acoustic control

Vilatarsana, G. (2004), “The Environmental Noise Exposure of Schools around Heathrow”, M.Sc.
Dissertation, South Bank University. www.whyverne.co.uk/acoustics/pages/pdf/gael.pdf.

Lighting

Benya, J.R. (2001), “Lighting for Schools”, NCEF, Washington, D.C. 66.117.48.53/pubs/lighting.pdf.

Heschong Mahone Group (2003), “Windows and Classrooms: A Study of Student Performance and
the Indoor Environment”, California Energy Commission.
www.pge.com/003_save_energy/003c_edu_train/pec/daylight/di_pubs/SchoolDetailed820App.PDF.

Jago, E. and K. Tanner (1999), “Influence of the School Facility on Student Achievement: Lighting;
Color”, Department of Educational Leadership, University of Georgia.
www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/researchabstracts/visual.html.

Furniture quality

Breithecker, D. (2005), “The Educational Workplace: What the ‘Classroom of the Future’ Will Look
Like”, Federal Working Group for Posture and Mobilization Support, Wiesbaden, Germany. www.bag-
haltungundbewegung.de/fileadmin/bag/binary/BAG-Endbericht-k_US.pdf.

Cardon, G., D. De Clercqa, I. De Bourdeaudhuija and D. Breithecker (2004), “Sitting Habits in

Elementary Schoolchildren: A Traditional versus a ‘Moving School’”, Patient Education and Counseling,
Vol. 54, No. 2.

Kanea, P.J., M. Pilcherb and S.J. Legg (2006), “Development of a Furniture System to Match Student
Needs in New Zealand Schools”, International Ergonomic Association.
www.iea.cc/ergonomics4children/pdfs/art0225.pdf.

Theme 2. Space and flexibility of the physical learning environment

Bissell, J. (2002), “Teachers’ Construction and Use of Space”, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
www2.arch.ttu.edu/haq/EDRAMOVE/2004/JBissell.pdf.

Fisher, K. (2005), “Linking Pedagogy and Space”.

www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/knowledgebank/pdfs/linking_pedagogy_and_space.pdf.

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 Lackney, J. and P.J. Jacobs (2002), “Teachers as Placemakers: Investigating Teachers’ Use of the
Physical Learning Environment in Instructional Design”, School Design Research Studio at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. schoolstudio.engr.wisc.edu/placemakers.html.

Lang, D.C. (2002), “Teacher Interactions within the Physical Environment: How Teachers Alter Their
Space and/or Routines because of Classroom Character”, Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle.
www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/.

Nigaglioni, I. (2006), “Thinking Outside the Box: Reinventing the Traditional Classroom”,
Educational Facility Planner, Vol. 40, No. 3/4, pp. 3-8. www.emsi-green.com/content/Journal40-3and4-
CEFPI.pdf.

Wolff, S. (2002), Design Features for Project-Based Learning, Oregon State University.

Rivera-Batizm F.L. and L. Marti (1995), “A School System at Risk: A Study of the Consequences of
Overcrowding in New York City Public Schools”, Institute for Urban and Minority Education,
Teachers’College, Columbia University, New York. www.columbia.edu/~flr9/immigedu.pdf.

Theme 3. Condition of the physical learning environment (renovation, maintenance and age)

Building Educational Success Together (BEST) (2006), “Growth and Disparity: A Decade of U.S.
Public School Construction”, BEST. www.edfacilities.org/pubs/GrowthandDisparity.pdf.

Maxwell, L.E. (1999), “School Building Renovation and Student Performance: One District’s
Experience”, Council of Educational Facility Planners, Scottsdale.

Phillips, R. (1997), “Educational Facility Age and the Academic Achievement of Upper Elementary
School Students”, PhD dissertation, University of Georgia.

Policy Link and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) (2005),
“Ending School Overcrowding in California: Building Quality Schools for All Children”, Policy Link,
Oakland. www.policylink.org/pdfs/EndingSchoolOvercrowding.pdf.

Theme 4. Health and safety of the physical learning environment

Building Research Establishment (BRE) (2005), Schools Environmental Assessment Method, BRE,
Watford.

NCEF (2006), Resource list for CPTED, NCEF, Washington, D.C. www.edfacilities.org/rl/cpted.cfm.

Theme 5. Student engagement with the physical learning environment

Involving students in decisions concerning their physical learning environment

Burke, C. and I. Grosvenor (2003), The School I'd Like: Children and Young People's Reflections on
an Education for the 21st Century, RoutledgeFalmer, New York.

Jarman, D., L. Webb T.C. and Chan (2004), “A Beautiful School is a Caring School”, School
Business Affairs, June.

Sanoff, H. (2002), “Schools Designed with Community Participation”, NCEF, Washington, D.C.
www.edfacilities.org/pubs/sanoffschools.pdf.

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 Sorrell Foundation (2003), joinedupdesignforschools, Sorrell Foundation, London.

Aesthetic quality

Jago, E. and K. Tanner (1999), “Influence of the School Facility on Student Achievement: Lighting;
Color”, Department of Educational Leadership, University of Georgia.
www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/researchabstracts/visual.html.

Killeen, J.P., G.W. Evans and S. Danko (2003), “The Role of Permanent Student Artwork in
Students’ Sense of Ownership in an Elementary School”, Environment and Behaviour, Vo. 24, No. 2, pp.
250-263.

Maxwell, L.E. (2000), “A Safe and Welcoming School: What Students, Parents and Parents Think”,
Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 17, No. 4 pp. 271-282.

Sustainable schools

Building Research Establishment (BRE) (2005), Schools Environmental Assessment Method, BRE,
Watford.

Department for Education and Skills, UK (DfES) (2006), “Government Response to the Consultation
on the Sustainable Schools Strategy”, DfES, London.

Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia (2006), “Comparative Assessment: Australian
Sustainable Schools Initiative Pilot Programme in NSW and Victoria”, Commonwealth of Australia,
Canberra. www.deh.gov.au/education/publications/comparative-assessment.html.

Lieberman, G. and L. Hoody (1998), “Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an
Integrating Context for Learning”, State Education and Environment Roundtable, Poway CA.

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF) (2000), “Environment-Based

Education: Creating High Performance Schools and Students”, NEETF, Washington, D.C.
www.neetf.org/pubs/NEETF8400.pdf.

Theme 6. Accessibility to the physical learning environment

Community use of the physical learning environment

Blank, M.J., A. Melville and B.P. Shah (2003), “Making the Difference: Research and Practice in
Community Schools”, Coalition for Community Schools, Washington, DC.
www.communityschools.org/CCSFullReport.pdf.

Brown, K. and K. White (2006), “Exploring the Evidence Base for Integrated Children’s Services”,
Scottish Executive Education Department, Edinburgh.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/90282/0021746.pdf.

Cummings, D., A. Dyson and L. Todd (2004), “Evaluation of the Extended Schools Pathfinder
Projects”, Research Report No. 530, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Department for Education
and Skills, UK. www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR530.pdf.

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 Sammons, P., S. Power, K. Elliot, P. Robertson, C. Campbell and Whitty, G. (2003), “New
Community Schools in Scotland Final Report. National Evaluation of the Pilot Phase”, Institute of
Education, University of London. www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/933/0007611.pdf.

Wilken, A., R. White and K. Kinder (2003), “Towards Extended Schools: a Literature Review”,
Research Report RR432, National Foundation of Educational Research for England & Wales, Slough.
www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR432.pdf.

Provision for students with special needs

Abend, A. (2001), “Planning and Designing for Students with Disabilities”, National Clearinghouse
for Educational Facilities (NCEF), Washington, D.C. http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/disabilities.html.

DfES (2005, revised), Building Bulletin 77. Designing for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and
Disabilities in Schools, DfES, London.

Le Monde (2005), “La loi sur le handicap à l’épreuve du terrain”, La Lettre de l’Éducation,
Supplement to No. 501, 17 October.