Statewide Exit Exams, Governance, and School Development An International Comparison
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Esther Dominique Klein
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Statewide Exit Exams, Governance, and School Development An International Comparison
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Waxmann Verlag GmbH
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9783830979005
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CHF 32.50
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Pädagogik
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English
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401
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In the context of outcomes-based school governance, statewide exit exams are often expected to have a positive effect on student achievements if schools and teachers use the performance feedback from the exams for school, instructional, and professional development. However, very little is known about whether the exams are used for development at all and how this is affected by factors in the exam system and organizational aspects of schools. In a comparison of Finland, Ireland, and the Netherlands, the study therefore investigates how different exam systems and their functions, the conditions at school level, and the use of the exams for school and classroom development are associated. The study uses expert interviews and a questionnaire survey with principals and teachers. The role statewide exit exams can play in education systems is analyzed from a governance perspective and a school development perspective and discussed with an international comparative view.
Esther Dominique Klein, born in 1982, Dr. phil., is research assistant at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her main research interests lie in the areas of school system and school development research and international comparative education.
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Table of Contents
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1 Introduction
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2 On the Heterogeneity of Statewide Exit Exams in an International Comparison
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2.1 Definition of Statewide Exit Exams
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2.2 System Functions of Statewide Exit Exams
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3 Statewide Exit Exams within Changing Structures
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4 Reform Tendencies in the Governance Structures of Education Systems in Europe
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