| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Governance and performance of education systems / Nils C. Soguel, Pierre Jaccard -- The new regulation forms of educational systems in Europe: towards a post-bureaucratic regime / Christian Maroy -- Comparing higher education governance systems in four European countries / Harry F. de Boer, Jürgen Enders, Uwe Schimank -- Purpose and limits of a national monitoring of the education system through indicators / Stefan C. Wolter -- Measuring and comparing the equity of education systems in Europe / Marc Demeuse, Ariane Baye -- The economic benefits of improved teacher quality / Eric A. Hanushek -- Direct democracy and public education in Swiss cantons/ Justina A.V. Fischer -- School factors related to quality: multilevel analysis for three Swiss cantons / Ivar Trippolini -- Are Swiss secondary schools efficient? / Muriel Meunier -- Funding school by formula / Rosalind Levac̆ić -- A cost model of schools: school size, school structure and student composition / Torberg Falch, Marte Rønning, Bjarne Strom -- The potential of school information systems for enhancing school improvement / Ian Selwood, Adrie J. Visscher -- School autonomy and financial manoevrability: French principles' strategies / Yves Dutercq -- Finish strategy for high-level education for all / Reijo Laukkanen |
| Summary |
Education has increasingly become the focus of public discourse and policy, with its methods, resources and achievements widely debated. As a result, educational systems are now more than ever faced with the challenge of improving their performance and of proving that suitable measures are being taken to guarantee greater efficiency regarding equity. This desire for better results requires that better methods for their measurement exist so that they can be better understood and, ultimately, improved. Several disciplines have already developed instruments for this purpose. The educational scien |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Education and state -- Europe
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Educational tests and measurements -- Europe
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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Educational tests and measurements -- Europe.
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Education and state -- Europe.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Education.
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Education and state
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Educational tests and measurements
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Soguel, Nils C.
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Jaccard, Pierre.
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| ISBN |
9781402064463 |
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1402064462 |
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9781402064456 |
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1402064454 |
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9786611115555 |
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6611115552 |
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