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Roland Bernhard; Tiarnach McDermott; Christina Hasenhüttl; Katharine Burn; Pamela Sammons – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2024
This article investigates the relationship between school-level factors associated with school quality and progress in student attainment in English secondary schools. Furthermore, it examines the relationship between frequency of classroom observation of teaching (by school leaders or by fellow teachers) in English secondary schools and progress…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Altrichter, Herbert; Gamsjäger, Manuela; Plaimauer, Christine; Prammer-Semmler, Eva; Steiner, Regina; Zuber, Julia; Handschuh, Lisa – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
During recent years many European countries have modernized the governance of their education systems according to an 'evidence-based model' which, e.g., materialized in new school inspections and comparative performance assessment. Qualitative case study data of six primary and secondary schools is used to explore in-school processes of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Coping, Foreign Countries, Governance
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Unger-Ullmann, Daniela – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This report describes the opportunities, challenges and limits of evidence-based quality improvement in university language teaching. Using "treffpunkt sprachen"--Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics at the University of Graz as an example, it provides a brief explanation of the centre and then presents the prioritization…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Educational Opportunities
OECD Publishing, 2018
Taking the students' perspective, Education Policy Outlook 2018: Putting Student Learning at the Centre analyses the evolution of key education priorities and key education policies in 43 education systems. It compares more recent developments in education policy ecosystems (mainly between 2015 and 2017) with various education policies adopted…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Diana Toledo Figueroa; Gillian Golden; Manon Giovinazzo; Judith Peterka; Marie Ullmann – OECD Publishing, 2017
This policy profile on education in Austria is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across OECD countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectoral knowledge base, the series offers a comparative outlook on education policy by providing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Equal Education
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Geppert, Corinna; Bauer-Hofmann, Sonja; Hopmann, Stefan Thomas – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2012
The main focus of the present paper is to answer two different questions: From the perspective of Austrian education policy, which core areas of schooling are linked to the demand for equal opportunity? Can these reform efforts sustain the current state of research, and what are the consequences for schooling? The paper draws on an analysis by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Equal Education