. Today, more children are in school than ever before, but there are still millions of children who are not learning, 60 … percent of primary school children in developing countries still fail to meet minimum proficiency. Europe is no exception to …

’t make it in school. In fact, initiatives in many countries demonstrate that it is possible to successfully tackle school …, streaming and academic selection; school choice; secondary education structures and second chance programmes; grade repetition …; links between school and home; early childhood education; resource allocation; targets for equity; and the special needs of …

School accountability—the process of evaluating school performance on the basis of student performance measures … Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes … on students' long-run outcomes are more difficult to judge. It is also clear that school personnel respond to …