1st Edition

Measuring Quality: Education Indicators United Kingdom and International Perspectives

Edited By Kathryn A. Riley, Desmond L. Nuttall Copyright 1994
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

Moves to develop indicators about school effectiveness and performance have been driven by national trends and debates about performance and accountability. Nationally set indicators – such as the standard assessment tasks, or the publication of performance in public examinations – have increasingly become part of the new education currency: a medium for exercising choice and decision-making in... Read more

A Tribute.  1. The Framework Kathryn A. Riley and Desmond L. Nuttall  2. Education Indicators: Officials, Ministers and the Demand for Information Alan Ruby  3. Choosing Indicators Desmond L. Nuttall  4. How Indicators Have Been Used in the USA Ramsay Selden  5. Quality, Surveillance and Performance Measurement Kieron Walsh  6. Performance Indicators: Flourish or Perish? John Gray and Brian Wilcox  7. Following the Education Indicators Trail in the Pursuit of Quality Kathryn A. Riley  8. A Role for Parents, Students and Teachers in School Self-Evaluation and Development Planning John MacBeath  9. Measuring Performance – National Contexts and Local Realities Kathryn A. Riley and Desmond Nuttall.  Notes on Contributors.  Index.

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Kathryn A. Riley, Desmond L. Nuttall