School Improvement Through Performance Feedback Contributor(s): Visscher, A. J. (Editor), Coe, R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415432235 ISBN-13: 9780415432238 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Aims & Objectives - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
Dewey: 371.200 |
Series: Contexts of Learning (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.90 lbs) 282 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Internationally there is an increasing trend to publish and feed back information to schools and teachers on their functioning. School improvement is often the central goal, though accountability and the promotion of parental/student school choice also play an important role.Practical initiatives and research in this field have often failed to recognize the full complexity of improving schools through school performance feedback. Relevant questions are, for example, to what extent: the information fed back to schools is valued and understood by them; the school performance feedback enables appropriate diagnosis and remediation to take place in schools; the use of the feedback generates conflicts and tensions for teachers and administrators; the features of the implementation process and school organization influence the utilization of school performance feedback systems; schools do actually improve as a result of performance feedback; and the feedback systems have unintended effects. |