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ERIC Number: EJ517146
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
Opportunity to Learn as a Research Concept and a Policy Instrument.
McDonnell, Lorraine M.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v17 n3 p305-22 Fall 1995
The evolution of the opportunity-to-learn (OTL) concept from a research concept to a policy instrument is examined. The origins of OTL in studies by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement are described, and the role of OTL research in educational indicators is explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, International Studies, Learning, Policy Formation
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: International Evaluation Education Achievement; Opportunity to Learn
Note: Versions of articles in this issue were presented at a special symposium entitled "Sleepless in Woodland Hills: The Leigh Burstein Legacy" at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 18-22, 1995).