Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

This global collection brings a new perspective to the field of comparative education by presenting trust, capacity and accountability as the three building blocks of education systems and education system reform. In exploring how these three factors relate to student learning outcomes across different international contexts, this book provides a powerful framework for a more equal system.

Drawing upon research and case studies from scholars, policymakers and experts from international agencies across five continents, this book shows how trust, capacity and accountability interact in ways and with consequences that vary among countries, pointing readers towards understanding potential leverage points for system change.

Trust, Accountability, and Capacity in Education System Reform illuminates how these three concepts are embedded in an institutional context temporally, socially and institutionally and offers an analysis that will be of use to researchers, policymakers and agencies working in comparative education and towards education system reform.

Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429344855

Melanie Ehren is a professor in educational governance and the Director of research institute LEARN! at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and an honorary professor at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.

Jacqueline Baxter is an associate professor in Public Policy and Management and the Director of the Centre for Research and Innovation in Online Business and Legal Education at The Open University, UK.