Enhancing Educational Excellence, Equity, and Efficiency : Evidence from Evaluations of Systems and Schools in Change

ISBN 10: 0792361385 / ISBN 13: 9780792361381

Published by Springer, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Enhancing Educational Excellence, Equity, and Efficiency : Evidence from Evaluations of Systems and Schools in Change
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792361385
• ISBN 13: 9780792361381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.235 pounds

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Synopsis

Promoting high standards in education while striving for equal opportunities under the budget constraints - these are the new global objectives of education systems.
This book brings together research-based evidence on the effectiveness of major Australian, Dutch, and UK improvement efforts in education at both primary and secondary level, whilst making comparisons with similar US initiatives. The book addresses several major questions in this new environment. Those questions include: how to combat educational disadvantages, how to integrate pupils with special educational needs in regular education, how to implement educational standards initiatives, how to restructure secondary education, how to implement decentralized policy-making, and how to implement a class size reduction initiative? Finally, the authors suggest directions for future research in order to increase our understanding of what works in education and why.

About the Author

Sam Stringfield is a Distinguished University Scholar and Co-Director of the Nystrand Center for Excellence in Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. He is a founding editor of the Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk (JESPAR), and is currently serving as the acting chair of the Educational and Psychological Counseling Department. His research focuses on designs for improving programs within schools, for improving whole schools, for improving systemic supports for schools serving disadvantaged schools, and international comparisons of school effects.