OECD's triennial international survey, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students, examining not just what students know, but what they can do with what they know…
Volume I, Excellence and equity in education: Summarizes student performance in PISA 2015, and examines inclusiveness and fairness in participating education systems. Volume II, Policies and practices for successful schools: Examines how student performance is associated with v…
This comprehensive handbook-which includes action plans, ready-to-use charts, rubrics, and real-world examples-shows educators how to design a curriculum that meets today's performance and assessment goals.
In Assault on Kids and Teachers, educators from across the United States push back against the neoliberal school reform movements that are taking the "public" out of public education, demonizing teachers, and stealing from youth the opportunity for an equitable, just, and holist…
Education accountability: an analytic overview
Education accountability: an analytic overview
First published in 1986, Education Accountability is a critique of writing on accountability and evaluation with respect to education and its various stakeholders. The author applies frameworks drawn from the theory of knowledge, social psychology and social policy, demonstratin…
Providing integrated coverage of the policy, practice and outcomes from 1944 to 2012, this book addresses the issues relevant to school admissions arising from three different approaches adopted in this period: planning vialocal authorities, quasi-market mechanisms, and random a…
Questions about school admissions are a perennial source of tension and debate, and indeed often reveal a burning sense of injustice. This book review school admission policies and practices in relation to fundamental constitutional and democratic expectations, including expecta…