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Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Arcia, Gustavo; Macdonald, Kevin – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
This article contrasts policy intent and policy implementation in school autonomy and accountability. The analysis uses a conceptual framework based on the interaction between school autonomy, student assessment, and accountability as elements of a closed system. The article analyzes the implementation of school autonomy and accountability policy,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Policy
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Poder, Kaire; Kerem, Kaie; Lauri, Triin – Journal of School Choice, 2013
We seek out the good institutional features of the European choice policies that can enhance both equity and efficiency at the system level. For causality analysis we construct the typology of 28 European educational systems by using fuzzy-set analysis. We combine five independent variables to indicate institutional features of school choice…
Descriptors: School Choice, Predictor Variables, Incentives, Classification
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Gándara, Fernanda; Randall, Jennifer – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
This study investigates the relationship between school-level accountability practices and science achievement of 15-year-olds, across four counties: Australia, Korea, Portugal, and the United States. We used PISA 2006 data, since 2006 is the only administration that has focused on science. School-level accountability practices are here defined as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Science Achievement, Correlation