School Accountability, Autonomy and Choice Around the World

by Ludger Woessmann, Elke Luedemann, Gabriela Schuetz, et al.

Accountability, autonomy and choice are now the watchwords of education reformers around the globe. This book presents new evidence from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test on whether students perform better in school systems with such institutional measures in place. It also provides a theoretical framework for considering these reforms and summarizes previous international evidence. The results confirm that various policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848445296
• ISBN13: 9781848445291
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages