Measuring quality
Subtitle: education indicators--United Kingdom and international perspectives
By: edited by Kathryn A. Riley and Desmond L. Nuttall.
Contributors: Riley, Kathryn A.; Nuttall, Desmond L.
Publisher: Falmer Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Educational indicators -- Great Britain.; Educational evaluation -- Great Britain.; Educational accountability -- Great Britain.; Educational indicators.; Educational evaluation.; Educational accountability.
Description: 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 the new education market place. As contributors to this book suggest, such a framework is not unproblematic. This book offers a number of insights into the general debate about performance indicators. It explores the background to the debate; the differing perspectives of policy-makers and practitioners; and the purpose, audiences and values of education indicators, both in the UK and elsewhere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.