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César Guadalupe – Comparative Education, 2024
Standardised International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) have gained prominence in global and national educational discussions. ILSAs claim to offer valuable insights for improving education systems, but their impact on educational policy varies and has become a contested arena. This article analyses how these assessments fed educational…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Erkkilä, Tero; Piironen, Ossi – Comparative Education, 2014
In the present study we provide an interpretation of a general narrative of transnational governance of higher education. All the elements of the narrative--competition, ranking autonomy and accountability--are visibly present in contemporary higher education policy agenda. We examine these not as separate ideas and practices but as an interlinked…
Descriptors: Governance, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Reputation