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School Accountability, Autonomy And Choice Around The World |
Ludger Woessmann, Ifo Institute for Economic Research and University of Munich, Germany, Elke Luedemann, Gabriela Schuetz, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany and Martin R. West, Brown University, US
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| 2009 |
160 pp |
Hardback |
978 1 84844 529 1 |
$95.00 |
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Accountability, autonomy, and choice are now the watchwords of education reformers around the globe. This book provides new evidence from the international PISA test on whether students perform better in school systems with such institutional measures in place. It also provides a theoretical framework for considering such reforms and summarizes previous international evidence. The results confirm that various policies promoting accountability, autonomy, and choice are strongly associated with higher achievement for students from both disadvantaged and advantaged backgrounds. In particular, choice through public funding for private schools is associated with both higher performance overall and higher equality of opportunity.
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Contents: 1. Introduction: School Reforms around the World 2. Institutions and Student Achievement: A Basic Model 3. Accountability 4. Autonomy 5. Choice 6. Non-Cognitive Skills 7. Equity 8. Lessons Learned References Index
View the author's website at
http://www.cesifo.de/woessmann
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