This article presents a brief history of the school effectiveness research and the stages it has passed, briefly showing its main findings; the factors related to the school, teacher, student, parents and context that affect student's performance. The present situation of the school effectiveness research summarize in the dynamic model developed by Bert Creemers and Leonard Kyriakides (2008). This model includes the recent developments and presents the challenges these researches must face. The approach of these researches will also be significantly affected by the school effectiveness paradigm chosen.