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Direct linkLewis, Steven – Comparative Education, 2017
This paper examines the development and administration of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for Schools--a new testing instrument of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development--to demonstrate the relevance of heterarchical processes to educational governance. Drawing suggestively across new "relational"…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Administration, Administrative Organization, Achievement Tests
Peer reviewedPhillips, H. M. – Comparative Education, 1981
Analyzes specific inadequacies cited by the World Bank in its foreign aid procedures: inadequate exploration of cost-effectiveness options; inconsistent application of manpower analysis; and lack of exploratory stage in large-scale impact projects. Part of a theme issue on the World Bank and aid to Third World educational development. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Cooperative Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Criteria
Peer reviewedHarvey, Stephen; Peacock, Alan – Comparative Education, 2001
Traces the lifecycle of the Primary Science Programme (PSP), 1983-99, a representative South African nongovernmental organization. Shows how the social and economic environment shaped PSP development and demise. Highlights tensions between quality versus quantity, subject versus holistic focus, and participatory versus authoritarian management…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Development
