Evidence and education policy – some reflections and allegations1

Harvey Goldstein

20 citations0/0 files storedCambridge Journal of Education

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Educational Assessment and Improvement Global Educational Policies and Reforms Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Abstract

The paper reflects on the use by the UK central government of statistical evidence in educational policy matters. Particular attention is given to school league tables. The paper is generally critical of government attitudes, but suggests that progress towards rational decision‐making does occur.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 20 citations exist upstream.

References

1996League Tables and Their Limitations: Statistical Issues in Comparisons of Institutional Performance 1999Tennessee's Class Size Study: Findings, Implications, Misconceptions 1989Differential school effectiveness 2001Predicting the Future: The role of past performance in determining trends in institutional effectiveness at A level

Cited by

2017Failed regulations and school composition: selective admission practices in Chilean primary schools 2009Talk, texts, and educational action: an institutional ethnography of policy in practice 2013The use of a school value-added model for educational improvement: a case study from the Portuguese primary education system 2011Educational effectiveness: the development of the discipline, the critiques, the defence, and the present debate 2016The effects of accountability measures in English secondary schools: early and multiple entry to GCSE Mathematics assessments 2012Clasificación de escuelas en la nueva institucionalidad educativa: contribución de modelos de valor agregado para una responsabilización justa 2011The value of educational effectiveness research – a response to recent criticism

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.