Many countries are struggling to reconcile greater flexibility in school choice with the need to ensure quality, equity … and coherence in their school systems. This report provides an international perspective on issues related to school … choice, especially how certain aspects of school-choice policies may be associated with sorting students into different …

How much choice should parents and pupils have over which school to attend? This question has been at the centre of … allocating public school places according to residence have been relaxed. Public subsidies to private schools have sometimes been … seen as a way of broadening choice. Recent experience shows that policies to increase school choice bring dangers as well …

Value-added estimates are a significant improvement upon measures of school performance currently used in most … education systems across OECD countries. They provide a fundamentally more accurate and valuable quantitative basis for school … improvement planning, policy development and for enacting effective school accountability arrangements. This groundbreaking report …

and schools with greater freedom of action and empower them to carry out systematic school improvement. This model has the … assessment of the implementation strategy of the model (Improving School Quality in Norway: The New Competence Development Model … countries that are looking to promote school-based professional development and bridge the gap between policy design and …

Teachers report participating in more non-school than school embedded professional development (i.e. professional … development that is grounded in teachers daily professional practices). Participation in non-school and school embedded … school than non-school embedded professional development. …

teachers’ self-efficacy and use of active learning pedagogies, as well as quality relationships at school. The Spotlight also …. Younger students benefit more often from key elements of an effective social and emotional education in school, i.e. the …