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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Alastair Muriel and Jeffrey Smith ISSN: Print 0143-5671 Online:1475-6890
Published in: Fiscal Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2, June 2011
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 187-206
JEL classification: H52, I2, I28 Keywords: school quality, performance measures, education incentives
Quantitative performance measures (QPMs) of schools are playing an everlarger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper, we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their use and argue that they nonetheless have a positive role to play in improving the quality of education. We delineate several institutional reforms that would help schools to respond 'positively' to QPMs, emphasising the importance of agents' flexibility to change the way they work and the importance of a sound knowledge base regarding 'what works' in raising attainment. We suggest that the present institutional set-ups in both England and the US too often hold schools accountable for outcomes over which they have little control - but that such problems are far from insurmountable. Search |
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