Reforming governance through policy instruments: How and to what extent standards, tests and accountability in education spread worldwide

A Verger, C Fontdevila, L Parcerisa - Discourse: Studies in the …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
In the last decades, most countries have adopted data-intensive policy instruments aimed at
modernizing the governance of education systems, and strengthening their competitiveness …

Datafying the teaching 'profession': Remaking the professional teacher in the image of data

S Lewis, J Holloway - Cambridge journal of education, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores how data-driven practices and logics have come to reshape the
possibilities by which the teaching profession, and teaching professionals, can be known …

Methodological issues in value-added modeling: an international review from 26 countries

J Levy, M Brunner, U Keller, A Fischbach - … Assessment, Evaluation and …, 2019‏ - Springer
Value-added (VA) modeling can be used to quantify teacher and school effectiveness by
estimating the effect of pedagogical actions on students' achievement. It is gaining …

School testing culture and teacher satisfaction

WC Smith, J Holloway - Educational Assessment, Evaluation and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Teachers, as frontline providers of education, are increasingly targets of accountability
reforms. Such reforms often narrowly define 'teacher quality'around performative terms. Past …

[ספר][B] PISA, Policy and the OECD

S Lewis - 2020‏ - Springer
I am inclined to think that, on the subject which we are about to discuss, if we are quite frank
with ourselves and with other people, we shall have to confess that we are not all of one …

Empowering principals to conduct classroom observations in a centralized education system: does it make a difference for teacher self-efficacy and instructional …

MŞ Bellibaş - International Journal of Educational Management, 2023‏ - emerald.com
Purpose In 2014, Turkish policymakers implemented a policy change in the school
inspection system that encouraged school principals to conduct classroom observations and …

Influencing educational change through policy-engaged research

SL Nichols, DC Berliner - Educational Psychologist, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
In this essay we begin with a discussion of what we call the “great gap” between our
research and its influence on society. We point out that although there is ample evidence …

Standards without standardisation? Assembling standards-based reforms in Australian and US schooling

S Lewis, GC Savage, J Holloway - Journal of Education Policy, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Our aim in this paper is to examine how standards-based reforms (SBRs) relating to
teachers and teaching are being constituted in Australia and the US. Our focus is not the …

Understanding the stakes: The influence of accountability policy options on teachers' responses

A Levatino, L Parcerisa, A Verger - Educational Policy, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Under test-based accountability, side-effects—including practices to inflate test results, often
seen as cheating—are usually associated to so-called high-stakes policies. However, the …

Belonging in science classrooms: Investigating its relation to students' contributions and influence in knowledge building

WR Penuel, AE Krumm, C Pazera… - Journal of Research …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Meaningful participation in science and engineering practices requires that students make
their thinking visible to others and build on one another's ideas. But sharing ideas with …